| Description |
x, 382 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Foreword / John A. Knauss -- Introduction: The IWC as a Contested Regime / Robert L. Friedheim -- Pt. I. Critiquing the Performance of the Whaling Regime -- 1. A New Whaling Agreement and International Law / William T. Burke -- 2. Whales, the IWC, and the Rule of Law / Jon L. Jacobson -- 3. Science and the IWC / William Aron -- 4. Is Money the Root of the Problem? Cultural Conflict in the IWC / Milton M. R. Freeman -- 5. Food Security, Food Hegemony, and Charismatic Animals / Russel Lawrence Barsh -- Pt. II. Explaining the Politics of the Regime -- 6. Distorting Global Governance: Membership, Voting, and the IWC / Elizabeth DeSombre -- 7. Negotiating in the IWC Environment / Robert L. Friedheim -- 8. The Whaling Regime: "Good" Institutions but "Bad" Politics? / Steinar Andresen -- Pt. III. Testing Our Arguments and Finding a Solution -- 9. Summing Up: Whaling and Its Critics / Christopher D. Stone -- 10. Whale Sausage: Why the Whaling Regime Does Not Need to Be Fixed / David G. Victor -- 11. Fixing the Whaling Regime: A Proposal / Robert L. Friedheim |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-365) and index |
| Subject |
International Whaling Commission.
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Sustainable fisheries -- International cooperation.
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Whales -- Effect of fishing on.
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Whaling -- Management -- International cooperation.
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Whaling -- Management -- Political aspects.
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| Author |
Friedheim, Robert L.
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| LC no. |
00050315 |
| ISBN |
0295980885 |
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1896445187 (alk. paper) |
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