The Power of Words in International Relations: Birth of an Anti-Whaling Discourse

by Charlotte Epstein

Book Overview

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

In the second half of the twentieth century, worldwide attitudes toward whaling shifted from widespread acceptance to moral censure. Why? Whaling, once as important to the global economy as oil is now, had long been uneconomical. Major species were long known to be endangered. Yet nations had continued to support whaling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262550695
• ISBN13: 9780262550697
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher