International pressure and Japanese withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission: when shaming fails

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YEN5W3DYYK8HQW7WZXMZ/full?target=10.1080/10357718.2020.1799936" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YEN5W3DYYK8HQW7WZXMZ/full?target=10.1080/10357718.2020.1799936</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2020.1799936" target="_blank" >10.1080/10357718.2020.1799936</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

International pressure and Japanese withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission: when shaming fails

Original language description

Shaming in international relations has been extensively analysed as a normative practice that aims to persuade the target to comply with certain norms. Recently, IR scholars have identified cases, in which this process failed or antagonised the target. But although these studies have shown us how shaming works, they have not fully explained under what conditions shaming works. To remedy this, the article analyses the role of shaming in Japanese whaling controversy. In 2018, Japan announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission, defying three decades of sustained international pressure. I identify two versions of shaming of Japanese whaling: premoratorium 'soft' and post-moratorium 'hard' shaming. The former, although less confrontational, had normative impact on Japanese society and policymaking, leading Tokyo to accept the moratorium and scale down on its whaling operations. The latter, marked by attacks of NGOs and heated discourse, had an opposite outcome and helped conservative policy entrepreneurs formulate a 'cultural wars' narrative that prevented the inception of anti-whaling norm. The reason for this difference, I argue, lies in Japanese domestic political culture, which played a defining role in the success/fail of shaming strategies. For shaming to be successful then, careful understanding of the target society is essential.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Australian Journal of International Affairs

ISSN

1035-7718

e-ISSN

1465-332X

Volume of the periodical

75

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

AU - AUSTRALIA

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

197-216

UT code for WoS article

000555189600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85088991232