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Global Science and National Sovereignty: Studies in Historical
Sociology of Science provides detailed case studies on how
sovereignty has been constructed, reaffirmed, and transformed in
the twentieth century by the construction of scientific
disciplines, knowledge practices, and research objects.
Interrogating the relationship of the sovereign power of the nation
state to the scientist's expert knowledge as a legitimating - and
sometimes challenging - force in contemporary society, this book
provides a staggering range of case studies in its exploration of
how different types of science have transformed our understanding
of national sovereignty in the last century. From biochemical
sciences in Russia, to nuclear science in the US and Europe, from
economics in South Asia, to climatology in South America, each
chapter demonstrates the role that scientists play in the creation
of nation-states and international organizations. With an array of
experts and scholars, the essays in Global Science and National
Sovereignty: Studies in Historical Sociology of Science offer a
complete redefinition of the modern concept of sovereignty and an
illuminating reassessment of the role of science in political life.
Global Science and National Sovereignty: Studies in Historical
Sociology of Science provides detailed case studies on how
sovereignty has been constructed, reaffirmed, and transformed in
the twentieth century by the construction of scientific
disciplines, knowledge practices, and research objects.
Interrogating the relationship of the sovereign power of the nation
state to the scientist's expert knowledge as a legitimating - and
sometimes challenging - force in contemporary society, this book
provides a staggering range of case studies in its exploration of
how different types of science have transformed our understanding
of national sovereignty in the last century. From biochemical
sciences in Russia, to nuclear science in the US and Europe, from
economics in South Asia, to climatology in South America, each
chapter demonstrates the role that scientists play in the creation
of nation-states and international organizations. With an array of
experts and scholars, the essays in Global Science and National
Sovereignty: Studies in Historical Sociology of Science offer a
complete redefinition of the modern concept of sovereignty and an
illuminating reassessment of the role of science in political life.
Since Marcel Mauss published his foundational essay The Gift in
1925, many anthropologists and specialists of international
relations have seen in the exchange of gifts, debts, loans,
concessions or reparations the sources of international solidarity
and international law. Still, Mauss's reflections were deeply tied
to the context of interwar Europe and the French colonial
expansion. Their normative dimension has been profoundly questioned
after the age of decolonization. A century after Mauss, we may ask:
what is the relevance of his ideas on gift exchanges and
international solidarity? By tracing how Mauss's theoretical and
normative ideas inspired prominent thinkers and government
officials in France and Algeria, from Pierre Bourdieu to Mohammed
Bedjaoui, Gregoire Mallard adds a building block to our
comprehension of the role that anthropology, international law, and
economics have played in shaping international economic governance
from the age of European colonization to the latest European debt
crisis. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge
Core.
Since Marcel Mauss published his foundational essay The Gift in
1925, many anthropologists and specialists of international
relations have seen in the exchange of gifts, debts, loans,
concessions or reparations the sources of international solidarity
and international law. Still, Mauss's reflections were deeply tied
to the context of interwar Europe and the French colonial
expansion. Their normative dimension has been profoundly questioned
after the age of decolonization. A century after Mauss, we may ask:
what is the relevance of his ideas on gift exchanges and
international solidarity? By tracing how Mauss's theoretical and
normative ideas inspired prominent thinkers and government
officials in France and Algeria, from Pierre Bourdieu to Mohammed
Bedjaoui, Gregoire Mallard adds a building block to our
comprehension of the role that anthropology, international law, and
economics have played in shaping international economic governance
from the age of European colonization to the latest European debt
crisis. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge
Core.
Contractual Knowledge: One Hundred Years of Legal Experimentation
in Global Markets, edited by Gregoire Mallard and Jerome Sgard,
extends the scholarship of law and globalization in two important
directions. First, it provides a unique genealogy of global
economic governance by explaining the transition from English law
to one where global exchanges are primarily governed by
international, multilateral, and finally, transnational legal
orders. Second, rather than focusing on macro-political
organizations, like the League of Nations or the International
Monetary Fund, the book examines elements of contracts, including
how and by whom they were designed and exactly who (experts,
courts, arbitrators, or international organizations) interpreted,
upheld, and established the legal validity of these contracts. By
exploring such micro-level aspects of market exchanges, this
collection unveils the contractual knowledge that led to the
globalization of markets over the last century.
Contractual Knowledge: One Hundred Years of Legal Experimentation
in Global Markets, edited by Gregoire Mallard and Jerome Sgard,
extends the scholarship of law and globalization in two important
directions. First, it provides a unique genealogy of global
economic governance by explaining the transition from English law
to one where global exchanges are primarily governed by
international, multilateral, and finally, transnational legal
orders. Second, rather than focusing on macro-political
organizations, like the League of Nations or the International
Monetary Fund, the book examines elements of contracts, including
how and by whom they were designed and exactly who (experts,
courts, arbitrators, or international organizations) interpreted,
upheld, and established the legal validity of these contracts. By
exploring such micro-level aspects of market exchanges, this
collection unveils the contractual knowledge that led to the
globalization of markets over the last century.
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Fallout (Hardcover)
Gregoire Mallard
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Discovery Miles 13 630
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Many Baby Boomers still recall crouching under their grade-school
desks in frequent bomb drills during the Cuban Missile Crisis--a
clear representation of how terrified the United States was of
nuclear war. Thus far, we have succeeded in preventing such
catastrophe, and this is partly due to the various treaties signed
in the 1960s forswearing the use of nuclear technology for military
purposes.
In "Fallout, " Gregoire Mallard seeks to understand why some
nations agreed to these limitations of their sovereign will--and
why others decidedly did not. He builds his investigation around
the 1968 signing of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT),
which, though binding in nature, wasn't adhered to consistently by
all signatory nations. Mallard looks at Europe's observance of
treaty rules in contrast to the three holdouts in the global
nonproliferation regime: Israel, India, and Pakistan. He seeks to
find reasons for these discrepancies, and makes the compelling case
that who wrote the treaty and how the rules were written--whether
transparently, ambiguously, or opaquely--had major significance in
how the rules were interpreted and whether they were then followed
or dismissed as regimes changed. In honing in on this important
piece of the story, Mallard not only provides a new perspective on
our diplomatic history, but, more significantly, draws important
conclusions about potential conditions that could facilitate the
inclusion of the remaining NPT holdouts. "Fallout "is an important
and timely book sure to be of interest to policy makers, activists,
and concerned citizens alike.
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