Governing the North American Arctic

Sovereignty, Security, and Institutions

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

AvDawn Alexandrea Berry,Nigel Bowles,Halbert Jones

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Though it has been home for centuries to indigenous peoples who have mastered its conditions, the Arctic has historically proven to be a difficult region for governments to administer. Extreme temperatures, vast distances, and widely dispersed patterns of settlement have made it impossible for bureaucracies based in far-off capitals to erect and maintain the kind of infrastructure and institutions that they have built elsewhere. As climate change transforms the polar regions, this book seeks to explore how the challenges of governance are developing and being met in Alaska, the Canadian Far North, and Greenland, while also drawing upon lessons from the region's past. Though the experience of each of these jurisdictions is unique, their place within democratic, federal systems and the prominence within each of them of issues relating to the rights of indigenous peoples situates them as part of an identifiably 'North American Arctic.' Today, as this volume shows, their institutions are evolving to address contemporary issues of security, environmental protection, indigenous rights, and economic development.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-02-29
Mått140 x 216 x 21 mm
Vikt504 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSt Antony's Series
Antal sidor277
Upplaga16001
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781137493903

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Introduction The Arctic, North America, and the World: A Political Perspective; The Hon. William C. Graham PART I: SOVEREIGNTY1. Arctic Governance and the Relevance of History; Shelagh D. Grant2. Canadian Arctic Shipping Regulations and the Law of the Sea; James Kraska3. Chinese Mining Interests and the Arctic; Adam Lajeunesse and P. Whitney LackenbauerPART II: SECURITY4. The Monroe Doctrine and the Governance of Greenland's Security; Dawn Alexandrea Berry 5. Strong Foothold or On Thin Ice? US Strategies for Development, Environmental Stewardship, and Security in the Arctic; Mihaela David6. Premier Partners: Canada, the United States and Arctic Security; Rob Huebert and P. Whitney LackenbauerPART III: INSTITUTION7. The Challenges of American Federalism in a Rapidly Changing Arctic; Chanda L. Meek and Emily Russell 8. Constitutional Development and Natural Resources in the North; Alastair Campbell and Kirk Cameron9. Institutions, Resources, and the Governance of Postcolonial Greenland; Richard C. Powell 10. The Emergence of an Arctic Council; John EnglishPART IV: OFFICIAL PERSPECTIVES11. United States Perspectives on the Arctic; Evan T. Bloom12. Canadian Arctic Sovereignty: Myths and Realities; Alan H. Kessel13. Greenland Self-Government and the Arctic; Mininnguaq KleistConclusion14. Inuit Peoples and the Governance of the North American Arctic; William L. Iggiagruk Hensley