Governing the bomb : civilian control and democratic accountability of nuclear weapons / edited by Hans Born, Bates Gill, Heiner Hanggi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Born, H. (Hans), 1964-

Gill, Bates.

Hänggi, Heiner.

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear arms control.

Nuclear arms control--Government policy.

Nuclear arms control--Decision making.

Civil-military relations.

Nuclear arms control--Case studies.

Nuclear arms control--Government policy--Case studies.

Nuclear arms control--Decision making--Case studies.

Civil-military relations--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 249 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Civilian control and democratic accountability of nuclear weapons

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Summary:

"...explores the roles played by various actors in the domestic governance of nuclear weapons in eight possessor states--the USA, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, Israel, India, and Pakistan..." -- p.2

Contents:

Introduction / Hans Born, Bates Gill and Heiner Hanggi

The United States / Peter D. Feaver and Kristen Thompson Sharp

Russia / Alexei Arbatov

The United Kingdom / John Simpson and Jenny Nielsen

France / Bruno Tertrais

China / Bates Gill and Evan S. Medeiros

Israel / Avner Cohen

India / Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu

Pakistan / Zafar Iqbal Cheema

Conclusion / Hans Born and Bates Gill

Appendix A. World nuclear forces, 2010.

Notes:

Part of an effort by the the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF) and Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) to bring comprehensive analysis to a wide audience and to encourage discussion on nuclear weapons and disarmament from a security sector governance perspective -- pref. ([viii]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199589906

0199589909

OCLC:

559788085