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100			_aHellquist, Elin and Palestini, Stefano _932290
245			_aRegional sanctions and the struggle for democracy
260			_aInternational Political Science Review
300			_a42(4), Sep, 2021: p.437-450
520			_aRegional organisations (ROs) around the world increasingly use sanctions against member states in situations of democratic crisis. This special issue unpacks the trend of RO sanctions in regions that are both democracy-dense (Europe and the Americas) and autocracy-dense (Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East). We argue that regional sanctions cannot be taken at face value as instruments of democracy promotion. Instead, the politics of regional sanctions unveil controversies over the substance and limits of democracy, as well as over practical processes of regional interference in a sphere that is at the core of ‘domestic affairs’. In this introductory article, we situate the special issue at the crossroads of debates within comparative regionalism, sanctions, and democracy/autocracy promotion, and discuss how the membership premise crucially distinguishes RO measures from foreign policy and United Nations (UN) sanctions. – Reproduced
650			_aSanctions, Regional organisations, Democracy promotion, Autocracy promotion, Suspension _930219
773			_aInternational Political Science Review
906			_aREGIONAL ORGANISATIONS
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