Nuclear Deviance - Stigma Politics and the Rules of the Nonproliferation Game

This book examines the linkage between deviance and norm change in international politics. It draws on an original theoretical perspective grounded in the sociology of deviance to study the violations of norms and rules in the global nuclear non-proliferation regime. As such, this project provides a unique conceptual framework and applies it to highly salient issues in the contemporary international security environment. The theoretical/conceptual chapters are accompanied by three extensive case studies: Iran, North Korea, and India. 

List of contents

1. Nuclear Deviance: An Introduction.- 2. International Deviants and the Concept of Stigma Politics.- 3. Changing Norms and Rule-breaking in World Order.- 4. On Nuclear (Dis-)Order.- 5. Iran and the Limits of Peaceful Nuclear Use (2002-2018).- 6. North Korea and the Crossing of Nuclear Rubicon (2002-2018).- 7. India and the Aftermath of Pokhran-II Nuclear Tests (1998-2018).- 8. Shades of Deviance: Analytical Synthesis and Conclusions.

About the author

Michal Smetana is Research Fellow and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University and Coordinator of the newly-established Peace Research Center Prague, Czech Republic.

Product details

• Authors: Michal Smetana
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2020
• EAN: 9783030242275
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3024227-5
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 20 mm x 209 mm
• Illustrations: XXIII, 312 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science