| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 247 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Theory of authority -- The birth of the IAEA, 1945/1961 -- The adolescence of the agency, 1962/1985 -- The IAEA challenged, 1986/1998 -- Nuclear authority, 1998-2013. |
| Summary |
Robert L. Brown has written both a history of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and an analysis of how it has transformed from a weak agent of multilateral cooperation into a strong international nuclear authority over the past two decades. Today, it is one of the most powerful international organizations of any kind, with the ability to inspect and judge member states' nuclear programs and to issue rules and commands regarding nuclear issues. The IAEA also plays an important role in counterproliferation enforcement. Brown argues that the IAEA has been able to acquire power over states on nuclear issues because states have realized that they need, for both political and technological reasons, the IAEA to supply nuclear policy cooperation and to be an agent for nuclear safety and security. The IAEA is in the news on an almost weekly basis, and this book will provide the most in depth and up-to-date overview of the organization. The book will also explain the puzzle of why states would collectively create an agent to help them cooperate, only to see that agent acquire power over them. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
International Atomic Energy Agency.
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International Atomic Energy Agency. |
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International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference. |
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Nuclear industry -- Security measures.
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Nuclear industry -- Security measures. |
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Nuclear weapons -- Safety measures.
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Nuclear weapons -- Safety measures. |
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Nuclear nonproliferation.
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Nuclear nonproliferation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brown, Robert L. (Robert Louis). Nuclear authority. Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2015] 9781626161825 (DLC) 2014024871 (OCoLC)884500192 |
| ISBN |
9781626161849 (electronic book) |
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1626161844 (electronic book) |
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1626161828 (alkaline paper) |
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9781626161825 (alkaline paper) |
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9781626161825 (alkaline paper) |
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9781626161832 (alkaline paper) |
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1626161836 |
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