Discourses on foxhunting in the public sphere: a Q methodological study
| Autor: | Lucy J. Parry |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Sociology and Political Science 05 social sciences Four discourses Comparative politics Environmental ethics 050601 international relations 0506 political science Power (social and political) Animal rights Politics Political science Political Science and International Relations 050602 political science & public administration Animal ethics Mainstream Public sphere |
| Zdroj: | British Politics. 14:290-310 |
| ISSN: | 1746-9198 1746-918X |
| DOI: | 10.1057/s41293-018-0089-5 |
| Popis: | The foxhunting debate conjures up dichotomies on party politics, the rural/urban divide, class, animal welfare, animal rights and the right to hunt them. In the lead-up to the 2004 hunting ban, animals themselves became peripheral in the political debate on hunting. This paper presents a contemporary analysis of shared viewpoints on hunting that highlights the centrality of animals to debates over foxhunting. I use Q methodology to identify four discourses on hunting in public debates. Liberal progressives are against hunting on the basis that it is cruel, unnecessary and outdated. Critical-radicals oppose hunting from a structural perspective, encompassing critiques of power and class. Countryside managers support hunting as a form of wildlife management and emphasise the differences across animals. Sporting libertarians support hunting as a legitimate sport. These findings demonstrate the complexity of the hunting debate in the public sphere that is simplified and exaggerated in mainstream media and Westminster. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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