Overview

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.

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Author:   Frank Faulkner
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Editions Rodopi B.V.
Volume:   35
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.426kg
ISBN:  

9789042022300

ISBN 10:   9042022302
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   01 January 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Dr. Malcolm R. DANDO: Preface Glossary Chronology of Major Events Acknowledgements Chapter One: Emergence of a New Superpower Polity Chapter Two: Landmines, Theory, and Security: An International Relations Perspective Chapter Three: Grass Roots Politics: Regime Theory and Moral Entrepreneurism Chapter Four: Mine Warware: Evolution of a Military Force Multiplier Chapter Five: Victims, Volatility, and Violence: The Moral Rationale for a Complete Ban chapter Six: Progress and Passion: The Rise of the ICBL Chapter Seven: Legal Authority and Ethical Platforms: The Ottawa Treaty Comes to Fruition Chapter Eight: Empirical Analyses: Fieldwork Data Gathering and Interpretation Chapter Nine: Concluding Remarks: Progress or Retrogression and Possible Futures Bibliography index

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The author is Senior Lecturer in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Political Science at the University of Derby, England. A former serving Logistics Technician with the British Army, Dr Faulkner is also an accredited victim-offender mediator, and is Secretary to the Board of Trustees, International Demining Group, a humanitarian landmine action foundation based in The Netherlands. He is the author of numerous articles and a book chapter on landmines, the arms trade, child soldiers, and is currently planning a book on chemical and biological weapons.

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