Taking Stock of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime: Using Social Psychology to Understand Regime Effectiveness
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Since the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) came into force almost 40years ago, only four states have acquired nuclear weapons. What accounts for such near-universal compliance? This paper argues that social psychology can help us understand the puzzle of nuclear restraint in two ways. First, nuclear forbearance should be unpacked into three outcomes: persuasion (behavior resulting from genuine transformation of preferences), social conformity (behavior resulting from the desire to maximize...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2008 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/29188 |
Source: | International Studies Review |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2008.00799.x |
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