1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464961203321

Autore

Weiner Sharon K. <1963->

Titolo

Our own worst enemy? : institutional interests and the proliferation of nuclear weapons expertise / / Sharon K. Weiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-262-29597-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Collana

Belfer Center Studies in International Security

Disciplina

327.1/747

Soggetti

Nuclear nonproliferation

Nuclear nonproliferation - United States

Expertise - Political aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Controlling the proliferation of nuclear knowledge : an introduction -- The proliferation threat -- The domestic political context of threat reduction -- Early conversion efforts at the Defense Department -- The science centers -- Initiatives for proliferation prevention -- The nuclear cities initiative -- U.S. national security, institutional interests, and the proliferation of nuclear weapons expertise.

Sommario/riassunto

An examination of the effectiveness of knowledge nonproliferation programs implemented by the United States after the fall of the Soviet Union.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781000703321

Autore

Medina Luis

Titolo

Analytical Perspectives on Politics : Unified Theory of Collective Action and Social Change [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, MI, USA, : University of Michigan Press, 20070501

University of Michigan Press

ISBN

1-282-44523-5

9786612445231

0-472-02445-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

Analytical perspectives on politics A unified theory of collective action and social change

Disciplina

303.48/4

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Sociology / General

Patronage, Political

Patron and client

Social action

Social change

Political Institutions & Public Administration - General

Government - General

Law, Politics & Government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph