The Whaling Conflict Between Japan and Australia
(2010) STVA21 20102Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- In this study, the conflict between pro-whaling Japan and anti-whaling Australia is scrutinised. The political structure system, the political economics and the cultural explanatory factors are examined from how the conflict has emerged out of the 1986 International Whaling Commission’s moratorium (Baylis et al, 2008: 308). Further to this, the different state views of Japan and Australia are examined out of different environmental perspectives, these being anthropocentricism and biocentricism (Huxham et al, 2000:142-169). This combined with the traditional policy paradigm and the policy of sustainable development can explain how Japan and Australia’s whaling policies differ, and the factors that can explain the conflict (Carter, 2007:... (More)
- In this study, the conflict between pro-whaling Japan and anti-whaling Australia is scrutinised. The political structure system, the political economics and the cultural explanatory factors are examined from how the conflict has emerged out of the 1986 International Whaling Commission’s moratorium (Baylis et al, 2008: 308). Further to this, the different state views of Japan and Australia are examined out of different environmental perspectives, these being anthropocentricism and biocentricism (Huxham et al, 2000:142-169). This combined with the traditional policy paradigm and the policy of sustainable development can explain how Japan and Australia’s whaling policies differ, and the factors that can explain the conflict (Carter, 2007: 174-180). (Less)
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- author
- Åkerberg, Frida LU and Grönfors, Johan LU
- supervisor
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- Anna Sundell LU
- organization
- course
- STVA21 20102
- year
- 2010
- type
- L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
- subject
- keywords
- Australia, Japan, Environmental Perspectives, Policy, Whaling Conflict
- language
- English
- id
- 1759049
- date added to LUP
- 2011-02-09 11:31:31
- date last changed
- 2011-02-09 16:22:07
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