Non-lethal Weapons as Legitimising Forces?

Technology, Politics and the Management of Conflict

AvBrian Rappert

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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As mankind finds ever more impious ways to kill and maim, some look to non-lethal weapons as a fix. Brian Rappert discusses the technologies involved and the ethics of, for example blinding someone with a laser, leaving them blind forever, versus killing them outright.

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Utgivningsdatum:2003-05-01
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:624 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:312
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780714654409

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Brian Rappert is a Research Fellow in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham. He is author of numerous reports and articles on the assessments of risky technology.

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Part 1 Claims and expectations: what's in a name?; tools of the trade; threats and promises. Part 2 Technologies, contexts and controls: weapons of minimal harm? assessing effects; on to the streets - examining major deployments of non-lethals; controlling evaluations - the prospects for prohibitions. Part 3 Case studies: CS sprays in Britain; gauging electroshock weapons; humanitarian interventions, humanitarian tools?. Conclusions and recommendations.