Small Arms, Crime and Conflict

Small Arms, Crime and Conflict

Author: Owen Greene

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-07-03

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1136652477

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This book critically examines the nexus between arms availability and armed violence.


Postinternationalism and Small Arms Control

Postinternationalism and Small Arms Control

Author: Dr Damien Rogers

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2013-03-28

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1409499081

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Even though impacts generated by the widespread availability and ongoing use of small arms and light weapons have not reached a magnitude sufficient to radically reorder contemporary world affairs, awareness of the nature and extent of these impacts has compelled some international actors to take decisive action. Damien Rogers examines how the international community has responded to the challenge of controlling small arms and light weapons since the early 1990s. Using a postinternationalist analytic framework, he specifically focuses on the maturing relationships between particular actors of world affairs and the nascent interconnectivity between their strategies for, and approaches toward, controlling these weapons. Furthermore, the book identifies ways in which the captains of small arms industry, arms brokers and chief users of these weapons are able to mitigate, resist or elude the intended effects of those responses.


Light Weapons and Civil Conflict

Light Weapons and Civil Conflict

Author: Jeffrey Boutwell

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780847694853

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A common feature of conflict in the 1990s is death and suffering from small arms and light weapons. The global diffusion of assault rifles, machine guns, mortars, and rocket-propelled grenades, which can be easily carried by an individual or transported by a light vehicle, has greatly intensified the violence of conflicts in countries around the world. This book represents the perspectives of the foremost specialists on light weapons, and it surveys the wide range of policy options open to the international community. These include export and import controls, law enforcement strategies to break up black markets, collection and destruction of weapons following the end of conflict, and efforts to illuminate how small arms and light weapons make their way to the killing grounds of the 1990s.


Small Arms Control

Small Arms Control

Author: Jayantha Dhanapala

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-01-04

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 0429796366

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First published in 1999, the papers collected in this volume were originally prepared for four workshops organized by the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs to inform the work of the Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms. These workshops were held during 1995-96. Some of the authors updated their papers for publication in early 1998. Lora Lumpe, senior fellow with the Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers in Oslo and Tamar Gabelnick, Acting Director of the Arms Sales Monitoring Project at the Federation of American Scientists in Washington, DC edited the presentations for this book.


The Palgrave Handbook of Small Arms and Conflicts in Africa

The Palgrave Handbook of Small Arms and Conflicts in Africa

Author: Usman A. Tar

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-04-05

Total Pages: 1043

ISBN-13: 3030621839

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This handbook provides critical analyses of the theory and practices of small arms proliferation and its impact on conflicts and organized violence in Africa. It examines the terrains, institutions, factors and actors that drive armed conflict and arms proliferation, and further explores the nature, scope, and dynamics of conflicts across the continent, as well as the extent to which these conflicts are exacerbated by the proliferation of small arms. The volume features rich analyses by contributors who are acquainted with, and widely experienced in, the formal and informal structures of arms proliferation and control, and their repercussions on violence, instability and insecurity across Africa. The chapters dissect the challenges of small arms and light weapons in Africa with a view to understanding roots causes and drivers, and generating a fresh body of analyses that adds value to the existing conversation on conflict management and peacebuilding in Africa. With contributions from scholars, development practitioners, defence and security professionals and civil society activists, the handbook seeks to serve as a reference for students, researchers, and policy makers on small arms proliferation, control and regulation; defence and security practitioners; and those involved in countering violence and managing conflicts in Africa.


Russia and the Arms Trade

Russia and the Arms Trade

Author: Ian Anthony

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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For this study, a group of Russian authors were commissioned to describe and assess the arms trade policies and practices of Russia under new domestic and international conditions. The contributors, drawn from the government, industry, and academic communities, offer a wide range of reports on the political, military, economic, and industrial implications of Russian arms transfers, as well as specific case studies of key bilateral arms transfer relationships.


Small Arms Survey 2007

Small Arms Survey 2007

Author: Small Arms Survey, Geneva

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-09-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780521706544

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The Small Arms Survey is an independent research project located at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. It serves as the principal international source of public information on all aspects of small arms and armed violence, and as a resource centre for governments, policy-makers, researchers, and activists. The Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City offers new and updated information on small arms production, stockpiles, transfers, and measures, including a special focus on transfer controls. This year's thematic section explores the complex issue of urban violence with case studies on Burundi and Brazil as well as a photo essay by award-winning combat photographer Lucian Read. This edition also features chapters on lessons learned from the tracing of ammunition, the relationship between gun prices and conflict, and the role of small arms in South Sudan.


Small Arms Survey 2001

Small Arms Survey 2001

Author: Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva, Switzerland)

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13:

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In its premier issue, this volume provides the first broad overview of major aspects of the problem of small arms and light weapons proliferation. Issues covered include: products and producers; global firearms stockpiles; brokers and transport agents; legal small arms transfers; illicit small arms transfers; the effects of small arms availability; and multilateral measures and initiatives. The Survey will serve as the principal source of public information on all aspects of small arms, and as a resource center for governments, policy makers, researchers, and activists. With international contributors from a variety of backgrounds, it will interest all those in security studies, political science, law, economics, development studies, and sociology.