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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Müller, Harald, 1949 May 13-

Wunderlich, Carmen.

Series:

Studies in Security and International Affairs

Studies in security and international affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arms control.

Security, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8203-4424-9

OCLC:

843109573