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The Whaling Conflict Between Japan and Australia

Åkerberg, Frida LU and Grönfors, Johan LU (2010) STVA21 20102
Department 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
organization
course
STVA21 20102
year
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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  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: 174-180).}},
  author       = {{Åkerberg, Frida and Grönfors, Johan}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Whaling Conflict Between Japan and Australia}},
  year         = {{2010}},
}