Essays about: "Arctic Politics"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words Arctic Politics.
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6. FROZEN POLITICS ON A THAWING CONTINENT : A Political Ecology Approach to Understanding Science and its Relationship to Neocolonial and Capitalist Processes in Antarctica
University essay from Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : Despite possessing a unique relationship between humankind and the environment, and its occupation of a large proportion of the planet’s surface area, Antarctica is markedly absent from literature produced within the disciplines of human and political ecology. With no states or indigenous peoples, Antarctica is instead governed by a conglomeration of states as part of the Antarctic Treaty System, which places high values upon scientific research, peace and conservation. READ MORE
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7. China's Pursuit of National Interests in the Arctic - An Examination of China's Geostrategic Investments in Iceland and Greenland
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : In today’s global politics, the Arctic is assuming an increasingly important geoeconomic and geopolitical role among Arctic and non-Arctic states, as the retreating ice cover reveals new economic potentials such as the development of natural resources (Käpylä & Mikkola, 2016). China is among the interested non-Arctic states that aim to increase their influence in Arctic affairs and to get in on the Arctic opportunities. READ MORE
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8. Drilling for time: ice cores and the synchronization of temporalities in glaciology, 1935-1978
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoriaAbstract : Since their emergence in the 1950’s, ice cores have ventured from being scientific objects of concern to a limited number of glaciologists to becoming one of the most iconic representations of anthropogenic climate change. This thesis aims to historicize the way in which ice cores became enrolled into climate discourse, particularly emphasizing the production and representation of temporalities of the global climate that the ice cores made possible. READ MORE
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9. Arctic strategies of sub-national regions : Why and how sub-national regions of Northern Finland and Sweden mobilize as Arctic stakeholders
University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The stakes are high in the Arctic region in terms of economic opportunities, environmental challenges and political interests, not least considering the fact that stakeholders include the most powerful nations in the world. This study departs from the notion that sub-national levels of government, in areas most affected by developments in the Arctic; risk being put in the background in favor of high-level and high-tension politics. READ MORE
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10. Hard Ice, Soft Politics : EU:s och USA:s utrikespolitik i den arktiska regionen
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SVAbstract : The polar ice in the Arctic is melting resulting in new opportunities for the Arctic states to extracting vital resources and to find new shorter transport routes. Two of the largest actors who both presently have published polices towards the Arctic region is the EU and the US. READ MORE
