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Focusing on the internal workings of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the author explores the impact of political and economic imperatives on the production and interpretation of scientific research. Central to this work are the epistemological problems encountered in the production of 'truth', whereby scientific knowledge has made uncertainty a tool in the service of political objectives. Copublished: University of Washington Press

Scientific Uncertainty and the Politics of Whaling

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Focusing on the internal workings of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the author explores the impact of political and economic... Read more

    Publisher: University of Alberta Press
    Publication Date: 01/01/2006
    ISBN13: 9781896445373, 978-1896445373
    ISBN10: 1896445373

    Number of Pages: 274

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    Focusing on the internal workings of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the author explores the impact of political and economic imperatives on the production and interpretation of scientific research. Central to this work are the epistemological problems encountered in the production of 'truth', whereby scientific knowledge has made uncertainty a tool in the service of political objectives. Copublished: University of Washington Press

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