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Kalashnikov Culture Small Arms Proliferation and Irregular Warfare
Christopher Carr
Book Code: C34614
ISBN: 0-313-34614-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34614-9
200 pages
Praeger Security International
Publication: 7/30/2008
List Price: $75.00 (UK Sterling Price: £41.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: This work is a bridge between the failed/weak states' literature and that which examines issues relating to small arms proliferation. Carr investigates the cultural impact of the availability of these easy-to-come-by weapons. This cultural dynamic has a direct, and deadly impact on issues such as arms control, illegal and illicit trading, gun cultures, the nexus between criminality and militia warfare and the social impact of arms proliferation, and the struggle for weak states who attempt to govern. The case studies will appeal to those with regional or comparative interests. Although the tone is academic, the topics and the subject matter will make this book of interest to those outside of the academic community. The work takes the form of alternating chapters in which elements of Kalashnikov enculturation, for example the peculiar forms of aberrant economic activity that exist within Kalashnikov cultures, are paired with chapter-length mini-case studies, such as that dealing with armed gang movements in Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, and Brazil. The whole work is bounded by the contention that under certain conditions heavily weaponized societies create their own milieu, which in turn gives rise to communities that find ways to survive (and sometimes thrive) within an ambiance of chronic insecurity.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 - KALASHNIKOV ENCULTURATION
  • Chapter 2 - KALASHNIKOV IN THE CULTURE : THE ROLE OF THE GUN
  • Chapter 3 - KALASHNIKOV TRAFFIC: TRADING ARMS
  • Chapter 4 - KALASHNIKOV COMMERCE: THE AK AS ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT
  • Chapter 5 - PAKISTAN : THE PROTOTYPICAL KALASHNIKOV CULTURE
  • Chapter 6 - PASTORAL WARRIORS : CATTLE RAIDERS OF EAST AFRICA
  • Chapter 7 - GANGSTA WARRIORS
  • Chapter 8 - A TRADITION OF ARMS : YEMEN
  • Chapter 9 - KALASHNIKOV ISLANDS
  • Chapter 10 - KALASHNIKOV COUNTERCULTURE: CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT
  • Chapter 11 - KALASHNIKOV FUTURE
  • Bibliography
LC Card Number: 2008010129
LCC Class: JZ5645
Dewey Class: 355
PDF Catalogs:
Academic Library Fall 2008.pdf
PSI Catalog Fall 2008.pdf
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