Moral entrepreneurs and the campaign to ban landmines / Frank Faulkner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faulkner, Frank, 1951-

Series:

At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 35.

At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arms control--Citizen participation.

Arms control.

Land mine victims.

Land mines (International law).

International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work advances the proposition that traditional ‘top down’ politics is being challenged by grass-roots, civil society based ‘bottom up’ politics in that most sensitive areas, the national security/arms control dichotomy. The book uses the example of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), that has succeeded in reversing or altering the national policies on landmines in over 130 countries globally. The book cites the efforts of what the author calls ‘moral entrepreneurs’, that is people who have adopted the risk-taking characteristics of business and social leaders to bring this state of affairs about. As a new polity that challenges old assumptions about the state’s preserve in matters of national security and moral force, the ICBL has set the benchmark for a fresh, twenty-first century paradigm in arms control.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Frank Faulkner

Emergence of a New Superpower Polity / Frank Faulkner

Landmines, Theory, and Security: An International Relations Perspective / Frank Faulkner

Grass Roots Politics: Regime Theory and Moral Entrepreneurism / Frank Faulkner

Mine Warfare: Evolution of a Military Force Multiplier / Frank Faulkner

Victims, Volatility, and Violence: The Moral Rationale for a Complete Ban / Frank Faulkner

Progress and Passion: The Rise of the ICBL / Frank Faulkner

Legal Authority and Ethical Platforms: The Ottawa Treaty Comes to Fruition / Frank Faulkner

Empirical Analyses: Fieldwork Data Gathering and Interpretation / Frank Faulkner

Concluding Remarks: Progress or Retrogression and Possible Futures / Frank Faulkner

BIBLIOGRAPHY / Frank Faulkner

INDEX / Frank Faulkner.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-26538-5

9786612265389

94-012-0461-6

1-4356-1212-4

OCLC:

714567325

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401204613 DOI