Whales: large, mysterious, intelligent -- and endangered. In 1986, a global moratorium on whaling was issued by the International Whaling Commission. However, that decision was not without controversy. Some countries, such as Norway, continue to whale in defiance of the ban. In this fascinating book, Peter Stoett combines ecological sensitivity with a hard assessment of the political realities of the international regime to examine this important issue. The International Politics of Whaling examines contemporary whaling issues with an emphasis on three factors: our knowledge of whales and current whale populations and the impact of whaling; the actors and institutions involved in the debate over whaling; and the ethical dimension. Reluctantly, he concludes that the current global moratorium on whaling is problematic and that we must focus instead on habitat preservation in order to protect whales more effectively.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 333.95/9516
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9780774854733 0774806052
- LCCN
- SH381
- LCCN Item number
- S82 1997eb
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xii, 228 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)jme00326725 (OCoLC)144085384 (CaOOCEL)404257
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Preface 8
- 1 Ecopolitics: The International Dimension 16
- 2 The Whale and the Whaler 41
- 3 Cetapolitics: The IWC, Foreign Policies, and NGOs 74
- 4 Whale Ethics: A Normative Discussion 116
- 5 Conclusion: Whales and World Politics 144
- Appendixes 164
- A: An Essential Chronology of Whaling 165
- B: The 1946 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling 175
- C: Current Aboriginal Whaling Quotas 182
- Notes 183
- Bibliography 214
- Index 237
- A 237
- B 237
- C 237
- D 238
- E 238
- F 238
- G 238
- H 238
- I 238
- J 239
- K 239
- L 239
- M 239
- N 239
- O 239
- P 239
- R 240
- S 240
- T 240
- U 240
- V 240
- W 240
- Y 241
- Z 241
