Strengthening International Regimes

The Case of Radiation Protection

Daniel Serwer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XIX, 412 Seiten

2024 | 2024
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-53723-3 (ISBN)

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This book is intended to examine the history of radiation protection up to the present from the perspective of regime theory, with a view to elucidating what this case teaches about how a strong regime in a controversial area can form and maintain itself. This is a particularly relevant issue at present when the overall international rules-based order is under threat and scientific authority doubted. There are significant parallels between the international radiation protection regime and efforts to slow climate change, stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons, manage the applications of artificial intelligence, control the use of drones, and confront the risks posed by pandemics. While each has its own dynamics, all these issues involve the interaction of scientific discovery and expertise with the societies that generate them. Learning what works and what does not is vital if we are to limit harm and ensure survival of humanity on a shrinking and warming planet.

Daniel Serwer is Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He was previously Professor and Director of the Conflict Management and American Foreign Policy programs at SAIS. He has taught there since 2010 as well as previously at the Foreign Service Institute, National Defense University, and George Washington and Georgetown Universities.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Science Discovers, Medicine Applies, Protection Lags, 1896-1902.- Chapter 3: X-ray Protection Advances, Radium Protection Lags, 1902-13.- Chapter 4: War Enlarges and Enriches Medical Radiology, 1912-18.- Chapter 5: X-ray Measurements and Radium Protection Catch Up, 1914-22.- Chapter 6: Establishment of International Norms, 1922-40.- Chapter 7: War Generates Radioactive and Political Fallout, 1939-1965.- Chapter 8: Tightening Norms Again and Opening to the Public, 1965-2023.- Chapter 9: What Radiation Protection Suggests About Other Issues, 1990-present.

Erscheinungsdatum	27.03.2024
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in International Relations
Zusatzinfo	XIX, 412 p. 2 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	global economic • ICRP • Radium Protection • technological • Triumph of Universality
ISBN-10	3-031-53723-8 / 3031537238
ISBN-13	978-3-031-53723-3 / 9783031537233
Zustand	Neuware