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Hard Target: Sanctions, Inducements, and the Case of North Korea
Contributor(s): Haggard, Stephan (Author), Noland, Marcus (Author)
ISBN: 150360036X     ISBN-13: 9781503600362
Publisher: Stanford University Press
OUR PRICE:   $123.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | International Relations - General
- Political Science | Security (national & International)
- Political Science | World - Asian
Dewey: 327.117
LCCN: 2016031455
Series: Studies in Asian Security
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.32 lbs) 344 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - East Asian
 
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Because authoritarian regimes like North Korea can impose the costs of sanctions on their citizens, these regimes constitute "hard targets." Yet authoritarian regimes may also be immune-and even hostile-to economic inducements if such inducements imply reform and opening. This book captures the effects of sanctions and inducements on North Korea and provides a detailed reconstruction of the role of economic incentives in the bargaining around the country's nuclear program.

Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland draw on an array of evidence to show the reluctance of the North Korean leadership to weaken its grip on foreign economic activity. They argue that inducements have limited effect on the regime, and instead urge policymakers to think in terms of gradual strategies. Hard Target connects economic statecraft to the marketization process to understand North Korea and addresses a larger debate over the merits and demerits of "engagement" with adversaries.