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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821254203321

Autore

Epstein Charlotte <1975->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2008

ISBN

0-262-27238-5

1-4356-8173-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

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

Collana

Politics, science, and the environment

Disciplina

333.95/95

Soggetti

Whaling - History

Whales - Conservation

International relations

Discourse analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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