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Achieving nuclear ambitions : scientists, politicians and proliferation / / Jacques E. C. Hymans [[electronic resource]]
| Achieving nuclear ambitions : scientists, politicians and proliferation / / Jacques E. C. Hymans [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Hymans Jacques E. C. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 315 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 623.4/5119091724 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear weapons - Developing countries
Nuclear nonproliferation - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
1-139-23420-X
1-107-22504-3 1-280-39336-X 1-139-23269-X 9786613571281 1-139-04942-9 1-139-23046-8 1-139-22902-8 1-139-23347-5 1-139-23193-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Achieving Nuclear Ambitions; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Table; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 The puzzle of declining nuclear weapons project efficiency; The empirical puzzle of declining nuclear weapons project efficiency; The simple techno-centric perspective; More sophisticated techno-centric claims; The will to go nuclear; The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT); Entangling alliances; Vulnerability to military threats; Economic resources; The argument of the book in brief; Core hypotheses; A preliminary empirical test
From state institutionalization to efficiency: a quantitative analysisFrom autonomy to efficiency: evidence from the first five nuclear weapon states; Bringing implementation back in; Road map; 2 A theory of nuclear weapons project efficiency and inefficiency; The micro level: management approach, worker motivation, and the functioning of nuclear weapons projects; The top-down model, or, how not to manage a nuclear weapons project; The bottom-up model, or, how to manage a nuclear weapons project; Summary: three hypotheses on management and proliferation The macro level: efficiency of nuclear weapons projects as a function of state institutionalizationDefining Weberian legal-rational and neo-patrimonial states; Weberian legal-rationalism's promotion of scientific and technical professionalism; Consequences of the "privileged" institutional status of nuclear programs; The special case of professional military-run nuclear weapons projects; Changing state institutionalization to create efficient nuclear weapons projects; The fate of nuclear programs in legal-rationalizing and neo-patrimonializing states; Summary of the basic causal arguments International nuclear cooperation: a shortcut?Operationalization and case selection; 3 Spinning in place; Review of technical assessments of the pre-1991 Iraqi nuclear program; Pre-war estimates; The IAEA's estimate; Kelley's estimate; Explaining Iraq's nuclear inefficiency: management and institutions; Iraq's neo-patrimonial state; The Osiraq myth; 1981-1987: scientists in power?; 1987-1988: Hussein Kamel's power grab; Life under Kamel; 1990-1991: the crash program; "If the Gulf War had not intervened ...": questioning the premise of the counterfactual; After 1991: the Iraqi nuclear mirage Conclusion4 How did China's nuclear weapons project succeed?; China's nuclear success is a big social science puzzle; International deus ex machina?; Explaining China's nuclear success: three key variables; Unlimited political support; Strongly professional organization; Leadership self-restraint; Self-restraint or institutional constraint?; The importance of efficiency: a comparison of China's nuclear weapons project with its nuclear submarine project; Conclusion; 5 Proliferation implications of international civil nuclear cooperation:; Introduction: from domestic to international variables Atoms for Peace's growing chorus of critics |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461584303321 |
Hymans Jacques E. C.
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Achieving nuclear ambitions : scientists, politicians and proliferation / / Jacques E. C. Hymans [[electronic resource]]
| Achieving nuclear ambitions : scientists, politicians and proliferation / / Jacques E. C. Hymans [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Hymans Jacques E. C. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 315 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 623.4/5119091724 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear weapons - Developing countries
Nuclear nonproliferation - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
1-139-23420-X
1-107-22504-3 1-280-39336-X 1-139-23269-X 9786613571281 1-139-04942-9 1-139-23046-8 1-139-22902-8 1-139-23347-5 1-139-23193-6 |
| Classificazione | POL011000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Achieving Nuclear Ambitions; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Table; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 The puzzle of declining nuclear weapons project efficiency; The empirical puzzle of declining nuclear weapons project efficiency; The simple techno-centric perspective; More sophisticated techno-centric claims; The will to go nuclear; The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT); Entangling alliances; Vulnerability to military threats; Economic resources; The argument of the book in brief; Core hypotheses; A preliminary empirical test
From state institutionalization to efficiency: a quantitative analysisFrom autonomy to efficiency: evidence from the first five nuclear weapon states; Bringing implementation back in; Road map; 2 A theory of nuclear weapons project efficiency and inefficiency; The micro level: management approach, worker motivation, and the functioning of nuclear weapons projects; The top-down model, or, how not to manage a nuclear weapons project; The bottom-up model, or, how to manage a nuclear weapons project; Summary: three hypotheses on management and proliferation The macro level: efficiency of nuclear weapons projects as a function of state institutionalizationDefining Weberian legal-rational and neo-patrimonial states; Weberian legal-rationalism's promotion of scientific and technical professionalism; Consequences of the "privileged" institutional status of nuclear programs; The special case of professional military-run nuclear weapons projects; Changing state institutionalization to create efficient nuclear weapons projects; The fate of nuclear programs in legal-rationalizing and neo-patrimonializing states; Summary of the basic causal arguments International nuclear cooperation: a shortcut?Operationalization and case selection; 3 Spinning in place; Review of technical assessments of the pre-1991 Iraqi nuclear program; Pre-war estimates; The IAEA's estimate; Kelley's estimate; Explaining Iraq's nuclear inefficiency: management and institutions; Iraq's neo-patrimonial state; The Osiraq myth; 1981-1987: scientists in power?; 1987-1988: Hussein Kamel's power grab; Life under Kamel; 1990-1991: the crash program; "If the Gulf War had not intervened ...": questioning the premise of the counterfactual; After 1991: the Iraqi nuclear mirage Conclusion4 How did China's nuclear weapons project succeed?; China's nuclear success is a big social science puzzle; International deus ex machina?; Explaining China's nuclear success: three key variables; Unlimited political support; Strongly professional organization; Leadership self-restraint; Self-restraint or institutional constraint?; The importance of efficiency: a comparison of China's nuclear weapons project with its nuclear submarine project; Conclusion; 5 Proliferation implications of international civil nuclear cooperation:; Introduction: from domestic to international variables Atoms for Peace's growing chorus of critics |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790280603321 |
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Hymans Jacques E. C.
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Achieving nuclear ambitions : scientists, politicians and proliferation / / Jacques E. C. Hymans
| Achieving nuclear ambitions : scientists, politicians and proliferation / / Jacques E. C. Hymans |
| Autore | Hymans Jacques E. C |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 315 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 623.4/5119091724 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear weapons - Developing countries
Nuclear nonproliferation - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
1-139-23420-X
1-107-22504-3 1-280-39336-X 1-139-23269-X 9786613571281 1-139-04942-9 1-139-23046-8 1-139-22902-8 1-139-23347-5 1-139-23193-6 |
| Classificazione | POL011000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Achieving Nuclear Ambitions; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Table; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 The puzzle of declining nuclear weapons project efficiency; The empirical puzzle of declining nuclear weapons project efficiency; The simple techno-centric perspective; More sophisticated techno-centric claims; The will to go nuclear; The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT); Entangling alliances; Vulnerability to military threats; Economic resources; The argument of the book in brief; Core hypotheses; A preliminary empirical test
From state institutionalization to efficiency: a quantitative analysisFrom autonomy to efficiency: evidence from the first five nuclear weapon states; Bringing implementation back in; Road map; 2 A theory of nuclear weapons project efficiency and inefficiency; The micro level: management approach, worker motivation, and the functioning of nuclear weapons projects; The top-down model, or, how not to manage a nuclear weapons project; The bottom-up model, or, how to manage a nuclear weapons project; Summary: three hypotheses on management and proliferation The macro level: efficiency of nuclear weapons projects as a function of state institutionalizationDefining Weberian legal-rational and neo-patrimonial states; Weberian legal-rationalism's promotion of scientific and technical professionalism; Consequences of the "privileged" institutional status of nuclear programs; The special case of professional military-run nuclear weapons projects; Changing state institutionalization to create efficient nuclear weapons projects; The fate of nuclear programs in legal-rationalizing and neo-patrimonializing states; Summary of the basic causal arguments International nuclear cooperation: a shortcut?Operationalization and case selection; 3 Spinning in place; Review of technical assessments of the pre-1991 Iraqi nuclear program; Pre-war estimates; The IAEA's estimate; Kelley's estimate; Explaining Iraq's nuclear inefficiency: management and institutions; Iraq's neo-patrimonial state; The Osiraq myth; 1981-1987: scientists in power?; 1987-1988: Hussein Kamel's power grab; Life under Kamel; 1990-1991: the crash program; "If the Gulf War had not intervened ...": questioning the premise of the counterfactual; After 1991: the Iraqi nuclear mirage Conclusion4 How did China's nuclear weapons project succeed?; China's nuclear success is a big social science puzzle; International deus ex machina?; Explaining China's nuclear success: three key variables; Unlimited political support; Strongly professional organization; Leadership self-restraint; Self-restraint or institutional constraint?; The importance of efficiency: a comparison of China's nuclear weapons project with its nuclear submarine project; Conclusion; 5 Proliferation implications of international civil nuclear cooperation:; Introduction: from domestic to international variables Atoms for Peace's growing chorus of critics |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811210303321 |
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Hymans Jacques E. C
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| New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nuclear heuristics [[electronic resource] ] : selected writings of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter / / Robert Zarate, Henry Sokolski, editors
| Nuclear heuristics [[electronic resource] ] : selected writings of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter / / Robert Zarate, Henry Sokolski, editors |
| Autore | Wohlstetter Albert |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Carlisle, Pa.] : , : [Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College], , [2009] |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 679 pages : digital, PDF file |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WohlstetterRoberta
ZarateRobert SokolskiHenry D |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear nonproliferation
Deterrence (Strategy) Nuclear weapons - Developing countries Ballistic missile defenses - History National security - United States Security, International |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Nuclear Heuristics |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910694568103321 |
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Wohlstetter Albert
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| [Carlisle, Pa.] : , : [Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College], , [2009] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Die rechtliche bindungswirkung des vertrages ueber die nichtweiterverbreitung von kernwaffen gegenueber Drittstaaten / / Andrea Struwe
| Die rechtliche bindungswirkung des vertrages ueber die nichtweiterverbreitung von kernwaffen gegenueber Drittstaaten / / Andrea Struwe |
| Autore | Struwe Andrea |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Frankfurt am Main, Germany : , : PL Academic Research, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 pages) |
| Disciplina | 623.45119091724 |
| Collana | Beiträge zum nationalen und internationalen öffentlichen Recht |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear weapons - Developing countries
Nuclear energy - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
3-631-71575-7
3-631-71576-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910158857903321 |
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Struwe Andrea
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| Frankfurt am Main, Germany : , : PL Academic Research, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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