Riikka Kuusisto
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1417249 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Riikka Kuusisto |
| NOMBRES | Riikka |
| APELLIDO | Kuusisto |
| FIRMA | KUUSISTO R |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5341-7385 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1998 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2017 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Comparing IR plots
Roads and Riddles? Western Major Power Metaphors of Nonviolent Conflict Resolution
Our conceptual systems are metaphorical in nature: We understand complex issues by comparing them with relatively straightforward and familiar ones. Renowned experts of nonviolent problem solving, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Luthuli, and Martin Luther King, Jr., have structured difficult conflicts in terms of roads, gardens, building projects, and riddles. The conflict rhetoric of leaders of the major Western powers—the United States, Britain,…
Comic Plots as Conflict Resolution Strategy
Recently, the ‘war stories’ of the leaders of the major Western powers — the United States, Britain and France — have adhered to two major plots: the heroic epic or the sad tragedy. The heroic script defines and explains conflicts in which the Western powers have wished to play an active role: the Persian Gulf (1990—1), Kosovo (1999) and the current war against terrorism. The tragic plot has been employed when they have ruled out forceful outside…
Heroic tale, game, and business deal? Western metaphors in action in Kosovo
Operation Allied Force was conducted not only with arms, but also with words. The rhetorical action that supported the NATO intervention in Yugoslavia drew heavily upon certain metaphorical frameworks. This article examines how the Western metaphors likened the execution of the military campaign to playing the role of the hero in an adventure story, participating in an exciting sports event, and making a great investment. The Western metaphors ou…
Framing the Wars in the Gulf and in Bosnia
This article examines the rhetorical action of the Western major powers in defining two important international confrontations, the 1990-91 war against Saddam Hussein in the Gulf and the 1992-95 conflict among the Serbs, Croats and Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The leaders of the United States, Great Britain and France constructed the efforts of the anti-Iraq coalition as a `just war with a new world order as its goal' but represented the Bosnia…
Comic Plots as Conflict Resolution Strategy
Recently, the ‘war stories’ of the leaders of the major Western powers — the United States, Britain and France — have adhered to two major plots: the heroic epic or the sad tragedy. The heroic script defines and explains conflicts in which the Western powers have wished to play an active role: the Persian Gulf (1990—1), Kosovo (1999) and the current war against terrorism. The tragic plot has been employed when they have ruled out forceful outside…
Framing the Wars in the Gulf and in Bosnia
This article examines the rhetorical action of the Western major powers in defining two important international confrontations, the 1990-91 war against Saddam Hussein in the Gulf and the 1992-95 conflict among the Serbs, Croats and Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The leaders of the United States, Great Britain and France constructed the efforts of the anti-Iraq coalition as a `just war with a new world order as its goal' but represented the Bosnia…
Comparing IR plots
Heroic tale, game, and business deal? Western metaphors in action in Kosovo
Operation Allied Force was conducted not only with arms, but also with words. The rhetorical action that supported the NATO intervention in Yugoslavia drew heavily upon certain metaphorical frameworks. This article examines how the Western metaphors likened the execution of the military campaign to playing the role of the hero in an adventure story, participating in an exciting sports event, and making a great investment. The Western metaphors ou…
Framing the Wars in the Gulf and in Bosnia
This article examines the rhetorical action of the Western major powers in defining two important international confrontations, the 1990-91 war against Saddam Hussein in the Gulf and the 1992-95 conflict among the Serbs, Croats and Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The leaders of the United States, Great Britain and France constructed the efforts of the anti-Iraq coalition as a `just war with a new world order as its goal' but represented the Bosnia…
Heroic tale, game, and business deal? Western metaphors in action in Kosovo
Operation Allied Force was conducted not only with arms, but also with words. The rhetorical action that supported the NATO intervention in Yugoslavia drew heavily upon certain metaphorical frameworks. This article examines how the Western metaphors likened the execution of the military campaign to playing the role of the hero in an adventure story, participating in an exciting sports event, and making a great investment. The Western metaphors ou…
Roads and Riddles? Western Major Power Metaphors of Nonviolent Conflict Resolution
Our conceptual systems are metaphorical in nature: We understand complex issues by comparing them with relatively straightforward and familiar ones. Renowned experts of nonviolent problem solving, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Luthuli, and Martin Luther King, Jr., have structured difficult conflicts in terms of roads, gardens, building projects, and riddles. The conflict rhetoric of leaders of the major Western powers—the United States, Britain,…
Comic Plots as Conflict Resolution Strategy
Recently, the ‘war stories’ of the leaders of the major Western powers — the United States, Britain and France — have adhered to two major plots: the heroic epic or the sad tragedy. The heroic script defines and explains conflicts in which the Western powers have wished to play an active role: the Persian Gulf (1990—1), Kosovo (1999) and the current war against terrorism. The tragic plot has been employed when they have ruled out forceful outside…
Comparing IR plots
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