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Performing Nuclear Weapons

How Britain Made Trident Make Sense
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
242 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am25.07.20221st ed. 2021
This book investigates the UK´s nuclear weapon policy, focusing in particular on how consecutive governments have managed to maintain the Trident weapon system.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextThis book investigates the UK´s nuclear weapon policy, focusing in particular on how consecutive governments have managed to maintain the Trident weapon system.

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1. Introduction: Problematizing the Maintenance of Nuclear Weapons.- Chapter 2. Explaining Britain´s Bomb.- Chapter 3. Nuclear Regimes of Truth.- Chapter 4. Constructing the Nuclear Weapon Problem.- Chapter 5. Blair´s Nuclear Regime of Truth.- Chapter 6. Thatcher´s Nuclear Regime of Truth.- Chapter 7. Conclusion: Breaking Down Britain´s Nuclear Regime of Truth & Putting it Back Together Again.mehr
Kritik
"The book draws inspiration from the Foucauldian concept of 'regimes of truth' and analyses ways in which British governments sought to gain the interpretive primacy over the pro-nuclear deterrent narrative. ... By approaching the British nuclear deterrent via its retention and through discourse analysis, Performing Nuclear Weapons makes an original contribution to the existing research on nuclear weapons ... ." (Christoph Laucht, Journal of Peace Research, February 4, 2022)mehr

Autor

Paul Beaumont is Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations/International Environmental Studies and Development from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. He has published peer-reviewed articles in Third World Quarterly, Global Affairs, and New Perspectives, policy-orientated research on behalf of the International Law and Policy Institute, and several op-eds in Klassekampen and Aftenposten.