Small arms, crime and conflict: global governance and the threat of armed violence/ edited by Owen Greene and Nicholas Marsh.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Small Arms, Crime and Conflict Global governance and the threat of armed violence; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; COST; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; PART I Warfare; 2 The tools of insurgency: a review of the role of small arms and light weapons in warfare; 3 Small arms and light weapons spread and conflict; 4 Lethal instruments: small arms and deaths in armed conflict; 5 Regaining state control: arms and violence in post-conflict countries; PART II Violence within societies; 6 Armed violence within societies; 7 Guns and deaths: a critical review. 8 Armed violence taking place within societies: SALW and armed violence in urban areas9 Arms, private militias and fragile state dynamics; PART III Governance; 10 Governance and small arms and light weapons; 11 Governance and control of SALW after armed conflicts; 12 Small arms and light weapons production as part of a national and global defence industry; 13 What do the natives know? Societal mechanisms for controlling small arms; 14 Conclusions and priorities for further research; Bibliography; Index.