The politics of positive incentives in arms control / edited by Thomas Bernauer and Dieter Ruloff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bernauer, Thomas.

Ruloff, Dieter.

Series:

Studies in international relations (Columbia, S.C.)

Studies in international relations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear arms control.

Physical Description:

xii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [1999]

Summary:

Side-payments, compensation, and other material incentives have been used throughout history to influence the behavior of recipient countries, but only in recent years have analysts of international politics started to amass empirical evidence on the use of such incentives in fields as diverse as international trade, environmental policy, and arms control.

Soliciting Cooperation from Critical States poses the question whether or not it is sensible to "buy" cooperation from critical states and examines various recent cases of nuclear nonproliferation diplomacy, including experiences with Ukraine and North Korea. In exploring the conditions under which positive incentives are effective in resolving international collaboration problems, Thomas Bernauer, Dieter Ruloff, and four other contributors draw on a range of social science theories and results of empirical research.

The contributors examine seven explicit transactions in nuclear nonproliferation policy, including two detailed case studies: the freeze and eventual closure of North Korea's nuclear-weapons program and the denuclearization of Ukraine. Soliciting Cooperation from Critical States demonstrates that under specific conditions positive incentives are indeed superior to threats and sanctions.

Contents:

Introduction and analytical framework / Thomas Bernauer and Dieter Ruloff

Incentives provided for in major multilateral arms control agreements / Jozef Goldblat

North Korea : a case in progress / Amy E. Smithson

The denuclearization of Ukraine / Thomas Bernauer, Stefan Brem, and Roy Suter

Positive incentives in nuclear nonproliferation and beyond / Thomas Bernauer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1570033013

OCLC:

40498140