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Controlling Small Arms: Consolidation, Innovation and Relevance in Research and Policy
Contributor(s): Batchelor, Peter (Editor), Kenkel, Kai Michael (Editor)
ISBN: 0415856493     ISBN-13: 9780415856492
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $180.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | International Relations - Arms Control
- Political Science | Peace
- Political Science | Political Freedom
Dewey: 327.174
LCCN: 2013021550
Series: Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (1.40 lbs) 314 pages
 
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This edited volume takes stock of the state of research and policy on the issue of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), ten years after the UN first agreed to deal with the problem.

The end of the Cold War originated a series of phenomena that would subsequently come to dominate the political agenda. Perhaps most symptomatic of the ensuing environment is the marked escalation in the scale and dynamics of armed violence, driven by the proliferation of SALW. Events in Rwanda, Somalia and Bosnia seared into global consciousness the devastating effects of this phenomenon, and of the necessity to engage actively in its limitation and prevention.

This edited volume explores and outlines the research and policy on the SALW issue at this critical juncture. In addition to providing a detailed telling of the genesis and evolution of SALW research and advocacy, the volume features a series of essays from leading scholars in the field on both advances in research and action on SALW. It reflects on what has been achieved in terms of cumulative advances in data, methodology and analysis, and looks at the ways in which these developments have helped to inform policy making at national, regional and international levels. Alongside situating and integrating past and present advances in advocacy and international action, Controlling Small Arms also outlines future directions for research and action.

This book will be of much interest to students of small arms, peace and conflict studies, peacebuilding, security studies and IR.