Definition of economic boycott
Boycott in economic, political or social relations generally refers to a protest against practices that are considered unfair; for example, the boycott became popular when Charles Stewart Parnell agitated against high rents and Irish land evictions in 1880, and the term boycott was coined after Irish tenants followed Parnell's lead and ostracised the estate manager.[١] An economic boycott is specifically defined as refraining from treating another party economically according to a planned collective system with the aim of pressuring it to change its policy towards a certain issue.[٢]
Types of economic boycott
From the boycotting side
There are three types:
- Civil boycott: It is a non-governmental province, or Popular boycott where it is implemented Individuals or unofficial bodies, motivated by certain motives, decide to stop dealing with goods imported from the aggressor state, stop exporting to it, and not deal with its citizens.
- Official boycott: Decided by the authorities of the responsible state against aggressive groups or states.
- Collective boycott: Decided upon by an international organization, and enforced by it on the basis of the authority it derives from its charter.
In terms of positive or negative
As follows:
- Negative image: It consists of not entering into any economic relations with the aggressor state.
- Positive image: Providing goods and services locally to stop trade and economic dealings with the country to be boycotted.
Most prominent economic boycotts
Here are examples of some of the most popular economic provinces:[٣]
- Captain's County (1880): Charles Boycott had a problem with his tenants over evictions, his employees stopped working, local companies wouldn't take his money, and his attempts to keep going with a limited workforce and high production costs failed, so he and his family were forced to leave. The boycott was successful and the word “boycott” appeared in 1888.
- Delano Grapes (1965-1969): Led by Cesar Chavez and the National Farm Workers Association, the boycott began when Filipino farmworkers in California walked off their jobs in protest of being the lowest-paid workers in the United States. Upon hearing of the strike, millions of Americans boycotted the company by refusing to buy grapes. At the height of the strike, more than 14 million Americans were refusing to buy grapes until the historic contracts were finally signed in 1970.
- Nestle (1977-1984): Nestlé came under heavy criticism when it began a marketing campaign to sell breast milk substitutes to developing countries; the boycott was said to be less healthy than breast milk, and that mothers lacked the clean water needed to safely prepare formula. The original US boycott ended in 1984 after satisfactory laws and policies were put in place, but the UK restarted it in 1988 and is still in effect.
the reviewer
- ↑ “boycott”, britannica.com, Retrieved 9/2/2022. Edited.
- ↑ “Economic boycott”، Fishing for benefits, accessed on 2/9/2022. With modifications.
- ↑ “Top 10 Famous Boycotts”, careeraddict.com, 2/7/2015, Retrieved 9/2/2022. Edited.
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