1st Edition

Reconceptualising Arms Control Controlling the Means of Violence

Edited By Neil Cooper, David Mutimer Copyright 2012
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

The theory and practice of arms control seemed to have its heyday during the height of the Cold War, with its focus on the East-West conflict and nuclear arms. In the past twenty years, both arms technologies and various practices aimed at their control have continued to develop, but scholarly thinking has not kept up. This volume seeks to redress this scholarly neglect of the range of issues... Read more

1. Arms Control for the 21st Century: Controlling the Means of Violence Neil Cooper and David Mutimer  2. Leashing the Dogs of War: Arms Control from Sovereignty to Governmentality Keith Krause  3. Critical Geopolitics and the Control of Arms in the 21st Century Simon Dalby  4. From Arms Control to Denuclearization: Governmentality and the Abolitionist Desire David Mutimer  5. The Securitization of Outer Space: Challenges for Arms Control Columba Peoples  6. The Arms Control Challenges of Nanotechnology Jim Whitman  7. The Body and Controlling the Means of Violence: The Impact of the October 1983 Beirut Suicide Attacks on France’s Action directe Michael Dartnell  8. Humanitarian Arms Control and Processes of Securitization: Moving Weapons along the Security Continuum Neil Cooper  9. Dangerous Terrain: Re-Reading the Landmines Ban through the Social Worlds of the RMA J. Marshall Beier  10. Humanitarian Practices of Arms Control and Disarmament Ritu Mathur  11. Small Arms Control and the Reproduction of Imperial Relations Anna Stavrianakis  12. Controlling the Shadow Trade Mike Bourne  13. More Business as Usual? The Obama Administration and the Nuclear Posture Review Joanna Spear

Biography

Neil Cooper is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Security Studies in the Division of Peace Studies, at the University of Bradford.

David Mutimer is Deputy Director of the Centre for International and Security Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science at York University.