Arms Exports, Human Rights, and International Reputation
E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, EPUB, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
ISBN: 978-0-231-53903-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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Jennifer L. Erickson explores the reasons top arms-exporting democracies have put aside past sovereignty, security, and economic worries in favor of humanitarian arms transfer controls, and she follows the early effects of this about-face on export practice. She begins with a brief history of failed modern arms-export control initiatives and then tracks arms transfer trends over time. Pinpointing the normative shifts in the 1990s that put humanitarian arms control on the table, she reveals that these states committed to these policies out of concern for their international reputations. She also highlights how arms-trade scandals threaten domestic reputations and thus help improve compliance. Using statistical data and interviews conducted in France, Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Erickson challenges existing IR theories of state behavior, while providing insight into the role of reputation as a social mechanism and the importance of government transparency and accountability in generating compliance with new norms and rules.
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Fachgebiete
- Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie Rüstungsindustrie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Waffenhandel
- Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
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Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction and Overview
2. "Responsible" Arms Transfer Policy and the Politics of Social Reputation
3. History and Contemporary Trends in Conventional Arms Export Controls
4. Explaining Commitment: International Reputation and "Responsible" Arms Transfer Policy
5. Explaining Compliance: Domestic Reputation and Arms Trade Scandal
6. Conclusions and Implications
Appendix A. Multilateral Conventional Arms Control in the Twentieth Century
Appendix B. Data Sources and Coding
Appendix C. Full Statistical Results
Notes
References
Index