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"Getting to Zero" takes on the much-debated goal of nuclear
zero--exploring the serious policy questions raised by nuclear
disarmament and suggesting practical steps for the nuclear weapon
states to take to achieve it.
It documents the successes and failures of six decades of attempts
to control nuclear weapons proliferation and, within this context,
asks the urgent questions that world leaders, politicians, NGOs,
and scholars must address in the years ahead.
"Getting to Zero" takes on the much-debated goal of nuclear
zero--exploring the serious policy questions raised by nuclear
disarmament and suggesting practical steps for the nuclear weapon
states to take to achieve it.
It documents the successes and failures of six decades of attempts
to control nuclear weapons proliferation and, within this context,
asks the urgent questions that world leaders, politicians, NGOs,
and scholars must address in the years ahead.
This book arises from a meeting held at Wiston House, Sussex, UK,
in September 1987. The meeting brought together academic,
governmental and industrial experts from eight countries to discuss
the increasingly important sUbject of the relations between civil
and defence technologies. It was primarily funded under the
Advanced Research Workshops Programme of NATO's Scientific Affairs
Division, and was the first science policy workshop funded by the
Programme. Additional financial support came from the Leverhulme
Trust. The choice of topic, of speakers and, finally, of papers to
be published was entirely ours. The conclusions reached were our
own and those of the partIcipants. They were not in any way guided
by NATO; nor do they represent NATO policy. We speak for all the
participants in offering our thanks to the NATO SCIentific Affairs
Division, especially Secretary General Durand and Dr. Craig
Sinclair, for rnei r- generosity and encouragement. WIthout them
this book would not exist. We thank the Leverhulme Trust for
enabling assistance to be provided to the Workshop Directors, in
the form of lain Bate, who himself played a major part in the
success of the meeting. The staff of Wiston House must also be
thanked for prOViding an admirable environment for the meeting. For
secretarial support prior to the meeting we thank Gill Miller and
Lesley Price. Finally, we offer special thanks to Mrs. Yvonne
Aspinall for converting all the papers, in whatever state they were
presented, into camera-ready copy with such professionalism and
gOOd humour.
This book arises from a meeting held at Wiston House, Sussex, UK,
in September 1987. The meeting brought together academic,
governmental and industrial experts from eight countries to discuss
the increasingly important sUbject of the relations between civil
and defence technologies. It was primarily funded under the
Advanced Research Workshops Programme of NATO's Scientific Affairs
Division, and was the first science policy workshop funded by the
Programme. Additional financial support came from the Leverhulme
Trust. The choice of topic, of speakers and, finally, of papers to
be published was entirely ours. The conclusions reached were our
own and those of the partIcipants. They were not in any way guided
by NATO; nor do they represent NATO policy. We speak for all the
participants in offering our thanks to the NATO SCIentific Affairs
Division, especially Secretary General Durand and Dr. Craig
Sinclair, for rnei r- generosity and encouragement. WIthout them
this book would not exist. We thank the Leverhulme Trust for
enabling assistance to be provided to the Workshop Directors, in
the form of lain Bate, who himself played a major part in the
success of the meeting. The staff of Wiston House must also be
thanked for prOViding an admirable environment for the meeting. For
secretarial support prior to the meeting we thank Gill Miller and
Lesley Price. Finally, we offer special thanks to Mrs. Yvonne
Aspinall for converting all the papers, in whatever state they were
presented, into camera-ready copy with such professionalism and
gOOd humour.
Global environmental change raises profound moral issues with which
society has only begun to grapple. What does fairness mean in
dividing responsibilities for problems of global warming between
rich and poor nations? Does the environment itself have moral
standing and, if so, how should its conflicts with the interests of
people who depend on the land for their livelihood be resolved? How
can the interests of the poor, of indigenous peoples, and of future
generations be properly accommodated in a political discourse about
environmental policy which is dominated by industrialized states?
This book extends the debate both within and across disciplines,
engaging philosophers, geographers, political scientists,
economists, sociologists, and environmental activists from four
continents. The essays address the role of science in global change
and argue that western science does not provide morally
disinterested solutions to environmental problems. They discuss the
role of state and substate actors in the international politics of
the environment, and then use accounts of actual negotiations to
argue for the centrality of social justice in reaching desirable
and equitable agreements. They conclude that a framework for social
justice under conditions of global environmental change must
include community values and provide for participatory structures
to arbitrate among competing interests.
Ten essays from a series of workshops in 1992 and 1993 and a
conference, probably at Cornell University in 1993, tackle
difficult issues raised in making environmental policy when social
justice concerns are taken seriously. They cover alternative
frameworks for evaluating social justice, the role o
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