Changing arms control norms in international society

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Norms and societies in international relations -- Introduction -- Norms in international relations -- What does "international society" look like? -- Influence of norms on states' behavior -- Beyond the norm life cycle model -- 2. Emergence of norms regarding weapons use -- Introduction -- Norms regarding weapons use -- Chivalry and the norm against poison use in Europe -- Bushido and the norm against gun use in Japan -- The advent of "European inter-state society" -- Emergence of the normative idea against war in European inter-state society -- "Civilized" war? Adoption of St. Petersburg Declaration -- 3. Development of norms regarding weapons use in "inter-state society" -- Introduction -- The standard of "civilization" -- From European inter-state society to inter-state society -- Changes in domestic society and their impact on inter-state society -- Rules for "civilized" war: the Hague Peace Conference -- Norms regarding weapons use during World War I: projectiles from balloons, dumdum bullets, and poisonous gas -- Impact of World War I on norms regarding weapons use: chemical weapons and aerial bombing -- Weapons use during World War II: incendiary weapons, aerial bombing, and chemical weapons -- 4. Universalization of "inter-state society" -- Introduction -- Disappearance of the standard of "civilization" and the transformation of inter-state society -- Construction of normative ideas regarding nuclear weapons -- Creation of new norms amid a decline in inter-state society's unity: biological weapons, napalm bullets, and the CCW.

"When states' survival is at stake, do states behave according to norms, do states refrain from using certain weapons based on norms against their use? Adachi presents a comprehensive analytical framework for analysing norm dynamics, incorporating the existing literature, while expanding the norm life cycle model to address contestation of, resistance to diffusion of, and disappearance of norms. He also examines the changing nature of international society, and how the evolving characteristics of this society change how norms are shared. His focus is on norms relating to the use and non-use of weapons, with examples of how norms developed in different places and at different times with regard to particular types of weapons. From the banning of gun use in Japan under Bushido, to international bans on chemical weapons and the foundation of norms on nuclear weapons, he looks not only at how such norms come about, but how they can become contested or disappear. A valuable contribution to the literature on norms in International Relations, this volume will be of particular interest to scholars and students with an interest in the control of arms"--

When states' survival is at stake, do states behave according to norms, do states refrain from using certain weapons based on norms against their use? Adachi presents a comprehensive analytical framework for analysing norm dynamics, incorporating the existing literature, while expanding the norm life cycle model to address contestation of, resistance to diffusion of, and disappearance of norms. He also examines the changing nature of international society, and how the evolving characteristics of this society change how norms are shared. His focus is on norms relating to the use and non-use of weapons, with examples of how norms developed in different places and at different times with regard to particular types of weapons. From the banning of gun use in Japan under Bushido, to international bans on chemical weapons and the foundation of norms on nuclear weapons, he looks not only at how such norms come about, but how they can become contested or disappear.