Moral Entrepreneurs and the Campaign to Ban Landmines

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-420-2230-0
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 35, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

Reihe: At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Faulkner, Frank

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Frank Faulkner 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 a numerous articles and book chapter on landmines, the arms trade, child soldiers, and is currently planning a book on chemical and biological weapons.