Globalization and the Circumpolar North

by Lassi Heininen, and Chris Southcott

Details: Imprint: University of Alaska Press

University Press of Colorado - Globalization and the Circumpolar North

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"[P]rovides a very balanced and well-nuanced approach toward the positive and negative impacts of the changes that the different streams of globalization have brought to the circumpolar north. . . .The book goes beyond the notion of ‘change’ and ‘globalization,’ but is truly a source of knowledge about the Arctic, its peoples and its histories."
—Polar Record

The circumpolar North has long been the subject of conflicting national aspirations and border disputes, and with the end of the cold war and the coming era of potential resource scarcity, its importance will only grow over the next several decades. Anticipating that renewed prominence, Globalization and the Circumpolar North brings together an array of scholars to explore the effects of this increased attention, from the new opportunities offered by globalization to the potential damage to long-isolated northern communities and peoples.

Chris Southcott

Chris Southcott is professor of sociology at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and Associate Researcher at the Northern Research Institute, Whitehorse, Yukon. He is currently the chair of the Social Economy Research Network for Northern Canada and chair of the Research Outreach Program for the University of the Arctic. He lives in Thunder Bay.

Lassi Heininen

Lassi Heininen is a political scientist and Senior Scientist at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland. He currently serves as Chair of the Northern Research Forum based in Akureyri, Iceland. He lives in Rovaniemi and Helsinki, Finland.
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-60223-078-1
EISBN: 978-1-60223-104-7
Publication Month: July
Publication Year: 2010
Pages: 328
Discount Type: Trade
ECommerce Code: 9781602230781
Member Institution Access : Mountain Scholar