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Author | : Giuseppina Scotto di Carlo |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2013-05-20 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1443848891 |
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Did Security Council resolutions authorise the use of force during the Second Gulf War? Did the UN intentionally use vague and indeterminate linguistic patterns as a set of discursive strategies with the overall legislative intent of using deliberate vagueness as a political strategy? Over the last few years, UN resolutions have been repeatedly questioned for the excessive presence of vagueness. In order to overcome the cultural divergences of recipient countries, UN diplomatic texts use vague words quite extensively, which could lead to biased or even strategically-motivated interpretations of resolutions, undermining their legal impact. This book proposes a linguistic analysis of whether the use of strategic vagueness in Security Council resolutions has contributed to the breakout of the Second Gulf War instead of a diplomatic solution to the controversy. The hypothesis is discussed through an analysis of the UN resolutions relating to the war, and reinforced through an analysis of US legislation related to the authorization for war, revealing how the US has interpreted UN legislation, in order to see how vague expressions used in UN resolutions have allowed the US to interpret them as a means to go to war. A second section of the work attempts to understand whether the same patterns have been used in resolutions relating to the Iranian nuclear crisis in 2010, revealing a relationship between the choice of vague linguistic features and the use of intentional vagueness as a political strategy.
Author | : Geert Keil |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0198722370 |
Download Vagueness in Psychiatry Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In psychiatry there is no sharp boundary between the normal and the pathological. Although clear cases abound, it is often indeterminate whether a particular condition does or does not qualify as a mental disorder. For example, definitions of subthreshold disorders and of the prodromal stages of diseases are notoriously contentious. Philosophers and linguists call concepts that lack sharp boundaries, and thus admit of borderline cases, 'vague'. Although blurred boundaries between the normal and the pathological are a recurrent theme in many publications concerned with the classification of mental disorders, systematic approaches that take into account philosophical reflections on vagueness are rare. This book provides interdisciplinary discussions about vagueness in psychiatry by bringing together scholars from psychiatry, psychology, philosophy, history, and law. It draws together various lines of inquiry into the nature of gradations between mental health and disease and discusses the individual and societal consequences of dealing with blurred boundaries in medical practice, forensic psychiatry, and beyond. --
Author | : Kit Poon |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 2007-12-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134078307 |
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Focusing on the period since the handover of power to China, this book examines the origins and evolution of Hong Kong’s political system. Considering the prospects and problems of achieving liberal democracy within the communist Chinese state system, it provides useful insights into the meaning of central concepts in democratic political theory.
Author | : Kees van Deemter |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2012-05-24 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 0199645736 |
Download Not Exactly Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Our lives are full of inexactitude. We say a person is tall or an action is just without the precision of measurement on a dial. In this engaging account, Kees van Deemter explores vagueness, cutting across areas such as language, mathematical logic, and computing. He considers why vagueness is inherent, and why it is important in how we function.
Author | : Joanna Channell |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
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This is a major descriptive study of linguistic vagueness. It argues that strategies for being vague constitute a key aspect of the communicative competence of the native speaker of English.
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Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Military art and science |
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Download Quarterly Review of Military Literature Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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Total Pages | : 764 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Military art and science |
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Publisher | : Southern Liberty Press |
Total Pages | : 623 |
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ISBN | : 0977676609 |
Download Birth of the Republic: The Origin of the United States Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Piki Ish-Shalom |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2021-04-20 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 047213244X |
Download Concepts at Work Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Interrogating the language that gives meaning to IR theories and practice
Author | : Gert de Roo |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2016-04-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1317131142 |
Download Fuzzy Planning Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Many of the key notions associated with spatial planning are essentially ’fuzzy’ in their nature. For example, while almost everyone accepts ’sustainability’ as an important goal of planning, the actions of the actors involved can render the achieved ’sustainability’ minimal, or even counterproductive. Putting forward an innovative way of looking at planning problems and policies, this volume suggests actor-consulting is important in addressing the fuzzy nature of planning. A tool to address differences in understanding, actor-consulting is based on an analysis of actor motives, perceptions and contributions. By inviting all actors to express their desired, actual and potential contributions to achieving an agreed outcome to a local policy issue, decision-makers have a means to develop their goals in line with the roles, motivation, perception and behaviour of the various actors involved. Including contributions from Patsy Healy, Johan Woltjer, Don Miller and Karel Martens, the book presents a variety of case studies which demonstrate the use of the actor-consulting model in addressing planning issues.