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The power of words in international relations : birth of an anti-whaling discourse / Charlotte Epstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Epstein, Charlotte, 1975- author.
- Series:
- Politics, science, and the environment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whaling--History.
- Whaling.
- History.
- Whales--Conservation.
- Whales.
- International relations.
- Discourse analysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 333 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2008]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The role of discursive power in shaping international relations analysed through the lens of whaling politics.
- Contents:
- 1 Making Meaning Matter in International Relations 1
- I The Whaling Order 25
- 2 An International Political Economy of Modern Whaling 27
- 3 Whaling, Sovereignty, Governmentality 53
- 4 The Society of Whaling States 65
- II Producing the Anti-Whaling Order 87
- 5 The Making of a Dominant Global Discourse 89
- 6 The Power of Science? 117
- 7 The Anti-Whaling Campaign 139
- III Reproducing the Anti-Whaling Order 165
- 8 Crafting the Anti-Whaler (I): An Applied Discourse Analysis 167
- 9 Crafting the Anti-Whaler (II): Consumptive Practices 185
- 10 State Positionings (I): The Anti-Whaling Discourse 199
- 11 State Positionings (II): The Pro-Whaling Discourse 219
- 12 Conclusion: The Study of Identity in International Relations 245
- Appendix Whales and Whaling-A Table of Events 257.
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 9780262272384
- 0262272385
- 9781435681736
- 1435681738
- OCLC:
- 288989874
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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