Small arms and security : new emerging and international norms / Denise Garcia.

First published in 2006 by Routledge.Transferred to Digital Printing 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface : the rise and fall of small arms into the international agenda -- a debate in the context of global governance and human security -- 1. Norms in international relations : the case of small arms -- 2. Norm-building processes in the evolution of the small-arms question on the international agenda -- 3. The destruction and disposal of surplus weapons -- 4. Regulating illicit arms brokering -- 5. Marking, tracing and record-keeping -- 6. Creating a norm of transparency in small-arms transfers -- 7. Regulating civilian gun ownership -- 8. Banning the sale of weapons to non-state actors -- 9. The making of international norms -- Appendix : activism and norm building -- "pro" and "anti" gun NGOs.