04726nam a22005415i 4500 978-981-97-6418-1 DE-He213 20251030114600.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241202s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819764181 978-981-97-6418-1 10.1007/978-981-97-6418-1 doi JZ5587-6009 JPS bicssc POL012000 bisacsh JPS thema Igarashi, Motomichi. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 88467 War and Data on Armed Conflicts [electronic resource] : Global Networks Examining Casualties / by Motomichi Igarashi. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XIV, 142 p. 4 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Evidence-Based Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies, 2730-566X ; 14 Preface -- Introduction: Doubting Expert Opinions -- International Standardization of Combatant Protection -- Evolution of Civilian Protection Norms -- Emergence of Conflict Witnesses -- Counting the Dead: War and Statistics -- Unearthing the Bodies: War and Forensic Science -- Chasing Chemical Weapons: War and Chemistry -- Conclusion: Is It Possible to Know the True Face of War?. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive examination of the entities responsible for the production of data on armed conflicts (DAC), the processes by which it is generated, and the international norms that govern it. While numerous studies have focused on the statistical aspects of armed conflicts, this book distinguishes itself through its historical analysis of the relationship between actors, data generation methods, and international norms. The book begins with an examination of the nature of data in international politics. The vast scale of the subjects being analyzed presents significant challenges to accurately measuring international political data, with war being particularly difficult to assess. This raises the question of how DAC has been structured and generated. The book highlights the existence of specific international norms as a basis for DAC. It explores the history of international norms for the protection of war dead in collecting casualty information, as well as norms for civilian protection. The book posits that DAC has been generated not only by sovereign states but also by global networks comprising international organizations and NGOs. It thus analyzes the historical development of such global networks. In the latter part of the book, the methods by which global networks generate DAC are analyzed. First, it clarifies when and how statistical analysis has been used in generating DAC. Second, it elucidates when and how forensic analysis, primarily of corpses, has been employed. Thirdly, the book reveals when and how chemical weapons analysis has been utilized. This book offers a valuable investigation into the generative structure of DAC and mechanisms for ensuring compliance with international humanitarian law. It will appeal to a broad audience of policymakers, human rights activists, humanitarian practitioners, and academics. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Security, International. 58210 International relations. 58103 Humanitarian law. 68811 International Security Studies. 69560 International Relations. 58103 International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict. 68812 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819764174 Printed edition: 9789819764198 Printed edition: 9789819764204 Evidence-Based Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies, 2730-566X ; 14 87872 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6418-1 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 65439 65439