ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a conceptualization of three mechanisms of social influence, namely moral persuasion, strategic learning, and coercion, as well as three variants of the coercion mechanism (material sanctions, shaming, and litigation). It explains that the analysis relies on small-N process tracing, meaning that several in-depth cases studies are conducted to probe the mechanisms in different contexts. It also clarifies that the analysis follows a deductive logic when it comes to identifying individual mechanisms, while it follows an inductive logic to detect how mechanisms interact with each other and blends deductive and inductive reasoning to identify each mechanism’s enabling conditions. The chapter also includes a justification of the selection of five cases in which United States policymakers introduced what we call “extraterritorial human rights safeguards” following 9/11. Finally, the chapter outlines how information for the case studies was gathered from primary and secondary sources and interviews.
