How Long to Read Vagueness as a Political Strategy

How Long Does it Take to Read Vagueness as a Political Strategy?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 10 minutes to read Vagueness as a Political Strategy by Giuseppina Scotto di Carlo

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Description

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.

How long is Vagueness as a Political Strategy?

Vagueness as a Political Strategy by Giuseppina Scotto di Carlo is 310 pages long, and a total of 77,500 words.

This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Vagueness as a Political Strategy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 3 minutes to read Vagueness as a Political Strategy aloud.

What Reading Level is Vagueness as a Political Strategy?

Vagueness as a Political Strategy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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