Alva Myrdal : a pioneer in nuclear disarmament / / edited by Peter Wallensteen and Armend Bekaj

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 pages)
• Disciplina: 704.9496107307474811
• Soggetto topico: Nuclear disarmament; Women social reformers
• Persona (resp. second.): BekajArmend; WallensteenPeter
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword by Margot Wallström -- Foreword by Izumi Nakamitsu -- Preface by Thomas Graham Jr. -- Preface by Rolf Ekéus -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Part I About Alva Myrdal and Disarmament -- 1 Alva Myrdal and Her Role for Disarmament -- 1.1 Alva Myrdal in Swedish Public Life -- 1.2 Dealing with Disarmament -- 1.3 Promoter of Peace Research -- 1.4 Outlining the Book -- References -- 2 In the Game of Disarmament -- 2.1 The Road to Signing the Test-Ban Treaty, 1958-1963 -- 2.2 The Cuban Missiles Crisis -- 2.3 The Road to the Signing and Ratification of the NPT (1964-1968) -- 3 Alva Myrdal and Disarmament in a Man's World -- 3.1 Feminist Curiosity -- 3.2 Gendering Disarmament -- 3.3 Disarmament Priorities -- 3.4 Disarmament and Masculinity -- 4 Economy, Security and the Public: Alva Myrdal's Triangular Condition for International Disarmament -- 4.1 Strand I: Appeal to Economic Reason! -- 4.2 Strand II: There Must Be Alternative Ways of Promoting Security! -- 4.3 Strand III: Somebody Has to Listen, Find That Audience! -- 5 The Disarmament Story: On Alva Myrdal's Study The Game of Disarmament (1976) -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Europe as a Battlefield and Treaties to Ban Nuclear Weapons -- 5.3 Mechanisms in the Armament Processes -- 5.4 On Morale -- 5.5 The Irrational Armament -- 5.6 Conventional Weapons, Cruel Weapons, and CB-Weapons -- 5.7 Nonproliferation, Test Ban and Verification -- 5.8 Conclusion -- 6 From Nuclear Option to Non-nuclear Promotion: The Sweden Case -- 6.1 New Career -- 6.2 The Original Setting -- 6.3 The Agenda -- 6.4 The Group of Non-aligned -- 6.5 World Politics -- 6.6 Domestic Politics -- 6.7 Final Comment -- Appendix -- The Active NPT Support -- Nuclear Disarmament Promotion Activities -- The 'Mini-Nuke' Challenge -- 7 Solidarity Abroad: Alva Myrdal's Campaign for the Developing Nations -- 7.1 At the United Nations. ; 7.2 Representing Sweden in South Asia -- 7.3 Development Aid -- Part II Texts by Alva Myrdal on Disarmament -- 8 Stemming the Conventional Arms Race -- 8.1 Conventional Armaments in the Nuclear Age -- 8.2 Production of and Trade in Conventional Arms -- 8.3 Reversing the Conventional Arms Race -- 8.3.1 Disclosure of Military Expenditures -- 8.3.2 Disclosure of Production and Trade in Arms -- 8.3.3 Restraining Production and Trade in Arms -- 8.4 The Need for Conversion Plans -- 8.5 The Military Brain Drain -- 8.6 A World Folly -- 9 Barring the Spread of Nuclear Weapons -- 9.1 The Genie Came Out -- 9.2 The Lesser Nuclear-Weapons Powers -- 9.3 Futile Attempts to Ban Proliferation -- 9.4 A Grossly Discriminatory Treaty -- 9.5 How It Went Wrong -- 9.6 Any Limit to Proliferation? -- 9.7 The Prices to Pay -- 9.8 Make IAEA Safeguards Meaningful -- 9.8.1 Safeguards on All Transfers -- 9.8.2 Safeguards on All Nuclear Facilities in All Countries -- 9.8.3 Internationalization of Processing Plants -- 9.8.4 No Exceptions from Control on Political Grounds -- 9.8.5 A Future of Nuclear Cooperation -- 9.9 Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zones - Voluntary, Not Imposed -- 9.10 In the Several Regions -- 9.10.1 No Bright Prospect for Europe -- 9.10.2 Some Progress with Latin America -- 9.10.3 An Agenda for Africa -- 9.10.4 Other Regions -- 10 Eliminating Biological and Chemical Means of Warfare -- 10.1 No Possession of Weapons When Use Is Outlawed -- 10.2 The Meandering Course of Negotiations -- 10.3 The Inglorious Fate of the B-Weapons Convention -- 10.4 Renouncing CB-Weapons-Treaty or No Treaty -- 10.5 Any Hope to Eliminate C-Weapons? -- 10.6 A New Shock-Binary Weapons -- 10.7 A Stepladder Approach to Prompt Action -- 11 Verifying Disarmament and Internationalizing Knowledge -- 11.1 The Obnoxious Role of the Control Issue -- 11.2 The Need for Controls. ; 11.3 Control Requirements According to Scope and Character of Agreements -- 11.4 Ex Post and Ex Ante -- 11.5 Dismantling Secrecy -- 11.6 International Verification of Disarmament -- 11.7 Internationalization of Knowledge -- 12 The Need for a Pledge of Nuclear Security -- 12.1 The Origins of Proliferation -- 12.2 Five Nuclear Weapon Powers -- 12.3 The Need for a Pledge of Nuclear Security -- 12.4 A Special Case for Peaceful Nuclear Explosives? -- 12.5 Tenuous Link Between the Treaties Banning Proliferation and Testing -- 12.6 A Long-Term Solution -- 13 The International Control of Disarmament -- 14 Alva Myrdal's Final Statement and Farewell Speech at the United Nations General Assembly -- 15 Alva Myrdal's Nobel Speech and Lecture -- 15.1 Announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize 1982 -- 15.2 Acceptance Speech, on the Occasion of the Award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1982 -- 15.3 Nobel Lecture: Disarmament, Technology and the Growth in Violence, December 11, 1982 -- 16 Comprehensive Bibliography of Alva Myrdal's Writings on Disarmament and Related Issues -- 16.1 Writings on Alva Myrdal -- 16.2 Works by Alva Myrdal -- Uppsala University -- The Department of Peace and Conflict Research -- Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament -- On the Author Alva Myrdal -- On the Co-editors -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Alva Myrdal
• ISBN: 3-031-12797-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910595040603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice Ser.