This book examines the emergence of new international norms to govern the spread of small arms, and the extent to which these norms have been established in the policies and practices of states, regions and international organizations. It also attempts to establish criteria for assessing norm emergence, and to assess the process of norm development by comparing what actually happens at the multilateral level. If norm-making on small arms and related multilateral negotiations have mostly dealt with ‘illicit arms’, and most of the norms examined here fall on the arms supplier side of the arms equation, the author argues that the creation of international norms and the setting of widely agreed standards amongst states on all aspects of the demand for, availability, and spread of both legal and illegal small arms and light weapons must become central to the multilateral coordination of policy responses in order to tackle the growing violence associated with small arms availability. Small Arms and Security will be of interest to researchers and professionals in the fields of peace and conflict studies, global governance, international security and disarmament.
Author(s): Denise Garcia
Edition: 1
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 272
BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
SERIES-TITLE......Page 3
TITLE......Page 8
COPYRIGHT......Page 9
DEDICATION......Page 10
CONTENTS......Page 12
FOREWORD......Page 16
PREFACE: THE RISE OF SMALL ARMS INTO THE INTERNATIONAL AGENDA: A debate in the context of global governance and human security......Page 18
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 22
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS......Page 24
Part 1 SMALL ARMS, NORMS AND THE INTERNATIONAL AGENDA......Page 28
1 NORMS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: The case of small arms......Page 30
2 NORM-BUILDING PROCESSES IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE SMALL-ARMS QUESTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL AGENDA......Page 56
Part 2 LEADING INTERNATIONAL EMERGING NORMS......Page 90
3 THE DESTRUCTION AND DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS WEAPONS......Page 92
4 REGULATING ILLICIT ARMS BROKERING......Page 118
5 MARKING, TRACING AND RECORD-KEEPING......Page 144
Part 3 FAILED OR WEAKER INTERNATIONAL EMERGING NORMS......Page 164
6 CREATING A NORM OF TRANSPARENCY IN SMALL-ARMS TRANSFERS......Page 166
7 REGULATING CIVILIAN GUN OWNERSHIP......Page 187
8 BANNING THE SALE OF WEAPONS TO NON-STATE ACTORS......Page 204
Part 4 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 218
9 THE MAKING OF INTERNATIONAL NORMS......Page 220
APPENDIX: Activism and norm building – “pro” and “anti” gun NGOs......Page 236
NOTES......Page 238
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 280
INDEX......Page 284
