We are very pleased to welcome Joy Gordon (Loyola University), editor of the book ‘Economic Sanctions from Havana to Baghdad’, for a discussion of the recently published book.
Book Description
Economic sanctions have been imposed on dozens of countries and thousands of individuals, triggering humanitarian crises and creating economic chaos, often with little accountability. Sanctions can cause particular harm to vulnerable populations, including women, children, migrants, and the poor. Economic Sanctions from Havana to Baghdad: Legitimacy, Accountability, and Humanitarian Consequences addresses a range of issues in the design and implementation of the economic sanctions regimes that emerged in the post-Cold War era. Drawing on cases from Syria, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, and elsewhere, the chapters in this volume explore issues such as the gendered effects of sanctions; how migrants are affected; risk assessment practices by international businesses; how sanctions affect private actors such as banks; and the effects of sanctions on economic development, infrastructure, and access to health care. The book is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Presenter’s Bio
Joy Gordon, the Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J. Professor of Social Ethics, joined the Loyola Philosophy Department in January 2015. She received her PhD in philosophy from Yale University, and her JD from Boston University School of Law. She holds a joint appointment with Loyola’s School of Law. Her areas of specialization include social and political philosophy, human rights, international law and global governance, and ethical issues in international relations. She is on the editorial board of Ethics and International Affairs. She has published extensively on legal and ethical aspects of economic sanctions, including Invisible War: The United States and the Iraq Sanctions (Harvard University Press, 2010). She has also published on issues involving the United Nations Security Council. Dr. Gordon has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies. She has published articles in Ethics and International Affairs, Georgetown Journal of International Law, Le Monde Diplomatique, Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly, Yale Journal of International Affairs, Global Governance, Arab Studies Quarterly, Philosophy and Social Criticism, Foreign Policy, Chicago Journal of International Law, Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal, Commonweal, The Nation, Harper’s Magazine, and the Atlantic. One of her current projects involves working with Latin American scholars to support their research and publications in the field of international ethics.
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