Negotiating the Arctic - The Construction of an International Region

List of contents

1. Region-Building in 'The Arctic' 2. Region-Building and Definitions of 'The Arctic' 3. The 'Arctic' in the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy and Arctic Council: An Environmental, Indigenous and Foreign Policy Concern 4. Sustainable Development in the Arctic: A Conflict Between Conservation and Utilization 5. The Development of a Regional University for the Arctic 6. The Different Views of the Arctic 7. Canada and the Arctic 8. The Arctic in Other Countries 9. Discussion: A Critique of Arctic Discourse

About the author

E.C.H Keskitalo

Summary

This book analyses not only Arctic organisation and background but also the way in which current regional development draws upon the extensive history of polar research and exploration.

Product details

• Authors: E.C.H Keskitalo
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2003
• EAN: 9780415947121
• ISBN: 978-0-415-94712-1
• No. of pages: 298
• Weight: 750 g
• Series: Studies in International Relations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Politics & government, Politics and government