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The Challenges of Nuclear Non-Proliferation is an exhaustive survey
of the many aspects of non-proliferation efforts. It explains why
some nations pursued nuclear programs while others abandoned them,
as well as the challenges, strengths, and weaknesses of
non-proliferation efforts. It addresses key issues such as concerns
over rogue states and stateless rogues, delivery systems made
possible by technology, and the connection between nuclear weapons
and ballistic missiles, examining whether non-proliferation regimes
can deal with these threats or whether economic or military
sanctions need to be developed. It also examines the feasibility of
eliminating or greatly reducing the number of nuclear weapons. A
broad survey of one of today's great threats to international
security, this text provides undergraduates students with the tools
needed to evaluate current events and global threats.
The Challenges of Nuclear Non-Proliferation is an exhaustive survey
of the many aspects of non-proliferation efforts. It explains why
some nations pursued nuclear programs while others abandoned them,
as well as the challenges, strengths, and weaknesses of
non-proliferation efforts. It addresses key issues such as concerns
over rogue states and stateless rogues, delivery systems made
possible by technology, and the connection between nuclear weapons
and ballistic missiles, examining whether non-proliferation regimes
can deal with these threats or whether economic or military
sanctions need to be developed. It also examines the feasibility of
eliminating or greatly reducing the number of nuclear weapons. A
broad survey of one of today's great threats to international
security, this text provides undergraduates students with the tools
needed to evaluate current events and global threats.
In recent years the Nayari (Cora) people of northwestern Mexico
have experienced violence at the hands of drug producers and
traffickers. Although a drug economy may seem potentially lucrative
to such peasants, spreading violence tied to this trade threatens
to destroy their community. This book argues that the source of the
problem lies not solely in drug trafficking but also in the
breakdown of traditional political authority. By studying the
history of religious practices that legitimate such authority,
Philip Coyle shows that a contradiction exists between ceremonially
based forms of political authority and the bureaucratic and
military modes of power that have been deployed by outside
governments in their attempts to administer the region. He then
shows how the legitimacy of traditional authority is renewed or
undermined through the performance of ceremonies. Coyle explores
linkages between long-term political and economic processes and
changes in Nayari ceremonial life from Spanish contact to the
present day. As a participant-observer of Nayari ceremonies over a
ten-year period, he gained an understanding of the history of their
ceremonialism and its connections to practically every other aspect
of Nayari life. His descriptions of the Holy Week Festival, mitote
ceremonies, and other public performances show how struggles over
political legitimacy are intimately tied to the meanings of the
ceremonies. With its rich ethnographic descriptions, provocative
analyses, and clear links between data and theory, Coyle's study
marks a major contribution to the ethnography of the Indians of
western Mexico and Latin America more generally. It also provides
unusual insight into the violence raging across the Mexican
countryside and helps us understand the significance of indigenous
people in a globalizing world.
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