Contents -- Preface -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1 Making Meaning Matter in International Relations -- I The Whaling Order -- 2 An International Political Economy of Modern Whaling -- 3 Whaling, Sovereignty, Governmentality -- 4 The Society of Whaling States -- II Producing the Anti-Whaling Order -- 5 The Making of a Dominant Global Discourse -- 6 The Power of Science? -- 7 The Anti-Whaling Campaign -- III Reproducing the Anti-Whaling Order -- 8 Crafting the Anti-Whaler (I): An Applied Discourse Analysis -- 9 Crafting the Anti-Whaler (II): Consumptive Practices -- 10 State Positionings (I): The Anti-Whaling Discourse -- 11 State Positionings (II): The Pro-Whaling Discourse -- 12 Conclusion: The Study of Identity in International Relations -- Appendix Whales and Whaling-A Table of Events -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Interviews -- Index.