Download or read book Norms and Non-governmental Advocacy on Conventional Arms Control written by Nils H. Anders and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clear changes occurred in the field of conventional arms control in the last twodecades. States adopted a multitude of norms on especially small arms control invarious multilateral control instruments. In addition, non-governmental advocacy actorsoften established themselves as active participants in control debates with governments. The changes are surprising because they took place in the security sphere and therewithin an area traditionally understood to be the exclusive domain of governments. Thisresearch project investigates the significance of the changes for the traditionalunderstanding of security governance. Specifically, it investigates the emergence ofcontrol norms and the role and policy impact of non-governmental actors in thepromotion of the norms. It asks whether the normative changes and significance of nongovernmentalactors therein challenge the understanding of security governance thatunderpins many established approaches to international relations theory.