Handbook on the Politics of Antarctica

Edited by Klaus Dodds, Professor of Geopolitics, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, Alan D. Hemmings, Independent Polar Specialist and an Adjunct Associate Professor, Gateway Antarctica Centre for Antarctic Studies and Research, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand and Peder Roberts, University of Stavanger, Norway

• Contents : 1. IntroductionAlan D. Hemmings, Klaus Dodds and Peder RobertsPART I: CONCEPTUALIZING ANTARCTICA2. Fictionalizing AntarcticaElizabeth Leane 3. Three Waves of Antarctic ImperialismShirley V. Scott 4. Post-colonial AntarcticaKlaus Dodds and Christy Collis 5. Heroic and Post-colonial Antarctic NarrativesNicoletta Brazzelli 6. Antarctica: Feminist Art Practices and Disappearing Polar Landscapes in the Age of the AnthropoceneLisa E. Bloom 7. The Continent for ScienceAant Elzinga 8. Mediating Antarctica in Digital Culture: Politics of Representation and Visualisation in Art and ScienceJuan Francisco Salazar 9. Common Interest and Common Heritage in AntarcticaRüdiger Wolfrum 10. Modern ExplorersPeder Roberts 11. Life, Ice and Ocean: Contemporary Antarctic SpacesAlessandro Antonello 12. Selling the South: Commercialisation and Marketing of AntarcticaHanne Nielsen 13. Antarctic GeopoliticsKlaus Dodds PART II: ACTING IN AND BEYOND ANTARCTICA 14. Establishing Open Rights in the Antarctic and Outer Space: Cold War Rivalries and Geopolitics in the 1950s and 1960sRoger D. Launius 15. The Originals: The Role and Influence of the Original Signatories to the Antarctic TreatyMarcus Haward 16. Territorial Claims and Coastal StatesPatrizia Vigni and Francesco Francioni 17. Antarctica and the United NationsPeter J. Beck 18. The EU and the Antarctic: Strange Bedfellows?Nils Vanstappen and Jan Wouters 19. The Past in the Present: Antarctica in China’s National NarrativeAnne-Marie Brady 20. A Modest but Intensifying Power? Brazil, the Antarctic Treaty System and Antarctica Daniela Sampaio, Ignacio Javier Cardone and Adriana Erthal Abdenur21. The Politics of Early ExplorersPeder RobertsPART III: REGULATING ANTARCTICA 22. Politics and Environmental Regulation in Antarctica: a Historical PerspectiveAdrian Howkins 23. Environmental Management: the Fildes Peninsula ParadigmChristina Braun, Fritz Hertel and Hans-Ulrich Peter 24. The Changing Face of Political Engagement in Antarctic TourismDaniela Liggett and Emma Stewart 25. Southern Ocean Search and Rescue: Politics and PlatformsJulia Jabour 26. CCAMLR: An Ecosystem Approach to the Southern Ocean in the AnthropoceneHenrik Österblom and Olof Olsson 27. Fishing the Bottom of the Earth: The Political Challenges of Ecosystem-base ManagementCassandra M. Brooks and David G. Ainley 28. An Icy Reception or a Warm Embrace? the Antarctic Treaty System and the International Law of the SeaTim Stephens 29. Svalbard and Antarctica: Problems and SolutionsStuart Kaye 30. Antarctic Cultural Heritage: Geopolitics and Management Ricardo Roura 31. Working Geopolitics: Sealing, Whaling, and Industrialized AntarcticaDag Avango PART IV: FUTURES IN ANTARCTICA 32. Antarctic Politics in a Transforming Global GeopoliticsAlan D. Hemmings 33. Antarctic Environmental Challenges in a Global Context Steven L. Chown 34. Argentine Territorial Nationalism in the South Atlantic and Antarctica Matthew C. Benwell 35. Global Legal Norms in the AntarcticRuth Davis 36. Contemporary Security ConcernsElizabeth Nyman37. Contemporary Environmental Politics and Discourse Analysis in AntarcticaLize-Marié van der WattIndex

'Quite breathtaking in its coverage, this brilliantly conceived and meticulously edited Handbook on the Politics of Antarctica is the most competent collection of contributions by leading experts to be published to date. An innovative, interdisciplinary conceptualization of Antarctica, offering theoretically informed analysis of various facets of Antarctic governance and geopolitics, further enhance the universal appeal of this extraordinary effort and virtually guarantee its presence on the bookshelves of libraries.'