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

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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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