The psychology of nuclear proliferation : identity, emotions and foreign policy /

The psychology of nuclear proliferation : identity, emotions and foreign policy /

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Author / Creator:	Hymans, Jacques E. C., author.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 273 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Nuclear nonproliferation -- Government policy. Nuclear nonproliferation -- Psychological aspects. International relations -- Psychological aspects. Nuclear nonproliferation -- Case studies. International relations -- Psychological aspects. Nuclear nonproliferation. Nuclear nonproliferation -- Government policy. Case studies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11812329

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ISBN:	9780511491412 0511491417 0511146906 9780511146909 0511145888 9780511145889 0511146329 9780511146329 1280431563 9781280431562 9786610431564 6610431566 0521850762 9780521850766 0521616255 9780521616256 0511312490 9780511312496 1107153727 9781107153721 0521850762 0521616255 9780521850766 9780521616256
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Dozens of states have long been capable of acquiring nuclear weapons, yet only a few have actually done so. Jacques E.C. Hymans finds that the key to this surprising historical pattern lies not in externally imposed constraints, but rather in state leaders' conceptions of the national identity. Synthesizing a wide range of scholarship from the humanities and social sciences to experimental psychology and neuroscience, Hymans builds a rigorous model of decisionmaking that links identity to emotions and ultimately to nuclear policy choices. Exhaustively researched case studies of France, India, Argentina, and Australia - two that got the bomb and two that abstained - demonstrate the value of this model while debunking common myths. This book will be invaluable to policymakers and concerned citizens who are frustrated with the frequent misjudgments of states' nuclear ambitions, and to scholars who seek a better understanding of how leaders make big foreign policy decisions.--
Other form:	Print version: Hymans, Jacques E.C. Psychology of nuclear proliferation. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521850762 0521616255
Standard no.:	9780521850766 9780521616256

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: life in a nuclear-capable crowd
2. Leaders' national identity conceptions and nuclear choices
3. Measuring leaders' national identity conceptions
4. The struggle over the bomb in the French Fourth Republic
5. Australia's search for security: nuclear armament, umbrella, or abolition?
6. Argentina's nuclear ambition âÇ and restraint
7. 'We have a big bomb now': India's nuclear U-turn
8. Conclusion: lessons for policy