Governing the bomb
Subtitle: civilian control and democratic accountability of nuclear weapons
By: edited by Hans Born, Bates Gill, Heiner Hanggi
Contributors: Hänggi, Heiner; Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780199589906
Subjects: Nuclear arms control; Government policy; Case studies; Civil-military relations; Decision making
Other titles: Civilian control and democratic accountability of nuclear weapons
Description: "...explores the roles played by various actors in the domestic governance of nuclear weapons in eight possessor states--the USA, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, Israel, India, and Pakistan..." -- p.2
Notes: Part of an effort  by the  the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF) and Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)  to bring comprehensive analysis to a wide audience and to encourage discussion on nuclear weapons and disarmament from a security sector governance perspective -- pref. ([viii]

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Hans Born, Bates Gill and  Heiner Hanggi; title: The United States / Peter D. Feaver and Kristen Thompson Sharp; title: Russia / Alexei Arbatov; title: The United Kingdom / John Simpson and Jenny Nielsen; title: France / Bruno Tertrais; title: China / Bates Gill and Evan S. Medeiros; title: Israel / Avner Cohen; title: India / Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu; title: Pakistan / Zafar Iqbal Cheema; title: Conclusion / Hans Born and Bates Gill; title: Appendix A. World nuclear forces, 2010.