This book covers different dimensions of arms proliferation, historical development of arms and weapons, security implications and policy concerns, psychological, social and economic and gender impacts, relationships between proliferation of small arms and human rights violation, role of media in proliferation of small arms, and characteristics of SALW disseminated in Nepal.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Bishnu Raj Upreti
Bishnu Raj Upreti holds a PhD in conflict management (2001) from
Wageningen University, the Netherlands. He is actively engaged in conflict
transformation and peace research as a researcher in South Asia. During 26
years of professional career, he has engaged in teaching and research at
University of London and University of Surrey in the UK as well as
teaching at Kathmandu University and South Asian Institute of Technology
of Purbanchal University. He worked in international organizations such as
UNDP, SDC, IDRC, IUCN, SNV, UMN, International Alert, DANIDA, DFID, ADB,
MS, WFP, FAO, and CARE International, ARD Inc, in the capacity of
professional staff and consultant. He has also spent some years in
government service as an assistant agricultural economist selected from
the Public Service Commission. He has eight books to his credit on
conflict management and many articles in different national and
international journals, magazines and edited books. Currently, he is
Regional Coordinator, South Asia Coordination Office of Swiss National
Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR)-North-South, based in Kathmandu.
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