Strengthening International Regimes
eBook - ePub

Strengthening International Regimes

The Case of Radiation Protection

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eBook - ePub

Strengthening International Regimes

The Case of Radiation Protection

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

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