The power of words in international relations : birth of an anti-whaling discourse / Charlotte Epstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Epstein, Charlotte, 1975-

Series:

Politics, science, and the environment.

Politics, science, and the environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whaling--History.

Whaling.

Whales--Conservation.

Whales.

International relations.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 333 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The role of discursive power in shaping international relations analysed through the lens of whaling politics.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Acronyms and Abbreviations

1 Making Meaning Matter in International Relations

I The Whaling Order

2 An International Political Economy of Modern Whaling

3 Whaling, Sovereignty, Governmentality

4 The Society of Whaling States

II Producing the Anti-Whaling Order

5 The Making of a Dominant Global Discourse

6 The Power of Science?

7 The Anti-Whaling Campaign

III Reproducing the Anti-Whaling Order

8 Crafting the Anti-Whaler (I): An Applied Discourse Analysis

9 Crafting the Anti-Whaler (II): Consumptive Practices

10 State Positionings (I): The Anti-Whaling Discourse

11 State Positionings (II): The Pro-Whaling Discourse

12 Conclusion: The Study of Identity in International Relations

Appendix Whales and Whaling-A Table of Events

Notes

Bibliography

List of Interviews

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-312) and index.

ISBN:

0-262-27238-5

1-4356-8173-8

OCLC:

288989874