Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Nuclear Reaction, Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction, Sulfur Mustard
27 Mar 2013
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Shared idea- among a relevant group in which the norm holds sway. Shared expectation- there is prescription (what we should do) or proscription (or what we shouldn"t do) regarding behavior. Considered small arms and light weapons, land mines, cluster munitions, missiles, heavy weapons, etc. Convention on the restriction of certain conventional weapons (1983) States share a normative agreement on what people believe is appropriate but not all states share this. Weapon whose explosive power is generated by a nuclear reaction e. g. atomic or hydrogen bomb that generate from nuclear reaction. Subject to a variety of forms of international regulation including the non-proliferation treaty. Considered weapons of mass destruction- power developed from nuclear weapons is beyond norms of conventional weapons. Effects of nuclear weapons in hiroshima 1945- destroyed cities from the shock waves from the bombs; damages were not understood by scientists because civilians were not tested in the creation of nuclear bombs.
