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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821386203321

Titolo

Norm dynamics in multilateral arms control : interests, conflicts, and justice / / edited by Harald Muller and Carmen Wunderlich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8203-4424-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Collana

Studies in security and international affairs

Classificazione

POL001000HIS037080

Altri autori (Persone)

MullerHarald <1949 May 13->

WunderlichCarmen

Disciplina

327.1/74

Soggetti

Arms control

Security, International

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

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; INTRODUCTION. Where It All Began; CHAPTER ONE. Theoretical Approaches in Norm Dynamics; Part I. Norm Conflicts and Norm Dynamics; CHAPTER TWO. Regime Conflicts and Norm Dynamics: Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons; CHAPTER THREE. Humanitarian Arms Control: The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty, the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons, and the Convention on Cluster Munitions; Part II. External Drivers of Norm Dynamics; CHAPTER FOUR. Arms Control Norms and Technology

CHAPTER FIVE. Winds of Change: Exogenous Events and Trends as Norm Triggers (or Norm Killers)Part III. Norm Entrepreneurs as Drivers of Norm Dynamics; CHAPTER SIX. Established and Rising Great Powers: The United States, Russia, China, and India; CHAPTER SEVEN. Good International Citizens: Canada, Germany, and Sweden; CHAPTER EIGHT. Non-aligned Reformers and Revolutionaries: Egypt, South Africa, Iran, and North Korea; CHAPTER NINE. Beyond the State: Nongovernmental Organizations, the European Union, and the United Nations; CONCLUSION. Agency Is Central; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G

HI; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

"Efforts to create or maintain rules to contain the risks stemming from an unrestrained multilateral arms race are at the core of a world order



based on consensual norms rather than on a pure balance of power. Whereas security cooperation is conventionally considered to be motivated primarily by interest- and security-based factors, studies have shown that all actors use moral arguments and are deeply embedded in the normative patterns surrounding their realm of action. Norm Dynamics in Multilateral Arms Control, based on research conducted by a large PRIF team led by Harald M