Arming Conflict: The Proliferation of Small Arms

By Mike Bourne

Book Overview

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Acronyms PART ONE: WEAPONS SPREAD Introduction Structure and Dynamic in Weapons Spread: The Trade and Proliferation of Weapons in Comparative Perspective PART TWO: THE GLOBAL LEVEL: GLOBAL MARKETS AND DYNAMIC STRUCTURES OF SALW SPREAD The Foundations and Construction of the Global SALW Trade Global Structures and SALW Flows to Conflict PART THREE: THE REGIONAL LEVEL: THE NEGLECTED DIMENSION In Between the Global and the Conflict: Regional Facilitation and the Construction of Networks Structures and Dynamics of Intra-Regional SALW Spread to Conflicts PART FOUR: THE CONFLICT-COMPLEX LEVEL AND ARMING PATTERNS Arming Conflict from the Bottom-Up: SALW Spread at the Conflict Level Constructing Top-Down Arming Patterns: Sovereignty, Money, Networks, and the Cumulative Impact of Structures and Dynamics of SALW Spread Conclusion Bibliography Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349285560
• ISBN13: 9781349285563
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"