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...Claire Duncanson; Catherine Eschle Abstract This article enquires into the connections between gender and discourses of the nuclear weapons state. Specifically, we develop an analysis of the ways in which gender operates in the White Paper published by the UK government in 2006 on its plans...

...Kjølv Egeland Abstract The “global nuclear order” is commonly understood as an evolving set of institutions, norms, and practices governing the development and use of nuclear technology worldwide. The pursuit of nuclear order is often portrayed as a “pragmatic” or “practical” compromise between...

...John Rensenbrink © 1981 Caucus for a New Political Science 1981 John Rensenbrink The Anti-Nuclear Phenomenon: A New Look at Fundamental Human Interests The anti-nuclear movement is often thought of as a single-issue phenomenon. It does have many of those characteristics. Yet hundreds...

...Allyn R. Brosz Energy, Economics, and the Environment: Toward a Comprehensive Perspective , edited by Gregory A. Daneke . Lexington, Mass. : D.C. Heath , 1982 . Nuclear Power: Both Sides. The Best Arguments For and Against the Most Controversial Technology , edited by Michio Kaku...

... of the damage that war itself inflicts on this environment, but outside of the effects of nuclear weapons production and testing, little attention has been given to the environmental effects of preparation for war. The purpose of this essay is to help rectify this unfortunate state of affairs. Thus, we present...

... over nuclear weapons, EP Thompson argued that the logic of deterrence represented the final stage of civilization, or “exterminism.” This effort explores key issues that this new geologic history presents, in particular the loss of historical sensibility, through the lens of Thompson’s concept...

... Repressive Legislation" in the first issue of NPS Acting again as a support group, and \vithout contributing a distinctive politics or radical analysis, the committee passed a resolution calling for an immediate moratoriulU on nuclear development. The full text is printed below. In regard to the Caucus...

... environmental protesters of the 1980's, nuclear power' has become a European metaphor for the destructive forces of unbridled technological development and unrestricted corporate growth. Among elements of the newly formed ecology or "Green" parties, in particular, nuclear technology simultaneously invokes...

.... The Caucus for a New Political Science depends upon youractivism, your criticism, your anger and outrage. Join us-not simply by paying dues, but by acting with us. A nti-Nuke Calendar May 6-National Demonstration in Washington, D.C. Mock trial of nuclear power on Capitol steps. Speakers: Ralph Nader, Barry...

... movement against nuclear energy, and the emergence of "green" and "alternative" political parties as an important opposition force. 6 The new theoretical current of "eco-socialism" departs from the previous "Marxist" positions which either dismissed environmentalism7 as a bourgeois ideology or, at best...

... of the everyday lifeworld and presenting new, alternative codes of behavior. The larger significance of these new, extra-parliamentary, noninstitutional, left-leaning and right-leaning direct action groups-like the feminist, sanctuary, civil rights, peace, ecology, anti-nuclear, anti-abortion, community power...

... of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2009, 254 pp. Since people first learned of the possibilities of nuclear weapons, some have protested, calling for an end to their development, deployment, and military use, and then calling for arms control. This started...

... structures, standards and rewards. The Caucus for a New Political Science depends upon youractivism, your criticism, your anger and outrage. Join us-not simply by paying dues, but by acting with us. A nti-Nuke Calendar May 6-National Demonstration in Washington, D.C. Mock trial of nuclear power on Capitol...

... [purported mass destruction] for cause [e.g., nuclear explosion; chemical reaction 112 Ida Oren and Ty Solomon transposition into an acronym, and especially its ceaseless repetition made the term "seem firm, canonical and obligatory" to the American people, creating the "illusion...

... the spectre of weapons of mass destruction-the possible future use of chemical, biological, and nuclear arsenals by either or both sides, conceivably on a large scale. Available evidence reveals that such weapons are possessed, though of course in vastly different amounts, by both sides in the war...

... on multilateral negotiations and treaties over weapons control by renouncing nuclear weapons treaties and attempts to regulate nuclear testing, biological and chemical weapons, small arms trading, land mines and environmental treaties, which had been carefully nurtured by decades of diplomacy. In this study, I...

... (Boulder: Westview Press, 1992), Chapter 1. 12 Carl Boggs atomic bombs on two occasions, threatened enemies with nuclear response throughout the postwar years, and presently maintains more than 10,000 nuclear warheads ready to be unleashed at a moment's notice. It has conducted far more nuclear tests than...

... of publicly challenging unpopular policies like the construction of nuclear power plants and larger airports as well as the continuing housing shortage. The confrontations which developed from direct actions at Wyhl and Gorleben posed the need for a parliamentary presence within the system which could...

... resort to extreme strategies of defeating terrorists, games present the effects of violence as being fairly limited and benign. They give the impression that a total war against terrorism, even one involving the use of torture, extrajudicial killings, unrestricted drone strikes, and nuclear weapons, can...

..., the alternative technology groups in America. and the worldwide anti-nuclear movement. The anti-nuclear movement. in its more sophisticated forms, perhaps is the most advanced deconstructionist force in that it directly confronts the domination of humans and nature through nuclear technology. Having identified...