1st Edition

Disarmament Diplomacy and Human Security Regimes, Norms and Moral Progress in International Relations

By Denise Garcia Copyright 2011
256 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

246 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book assesses how progress in disarmament diplomacy in the last decade has improved human security. In doing so, the book looks at three cases of the development of international norms in this arena. First, it traces how new international normative understandings have shaped the evolution of and support for an Arms Trade Treaty (the supply side of the arms trade); and, second, it... Read more

Introduction  1. Norms: Progress and Evolution in the Conduct of International Affairs  2. The Arms Trade Treaty  3. Small Arms and Light Weapons Regimes and the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence  4. Banning Cluster Munitions.  Conclusion

Biography

Denise Garcia is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Northeastern University, Boston. She is author of Small Arms and Security (Routledge 2006).