Governing Arctic Change: Global Perspectives
. Ed(S): Keil, Kathrin; Knecht, Sebastian
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hardcover. Editor(s): Keil, Kathrin; Knecht, Sebastian. Num Pages: 319 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MTN; JFFS; JPB; JPP; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 559.
This volume explores the governance of the transforming Arctic from an international perspective. Leading and emerging scholars in Arctic research investigate the international causes and consequences of contemporary Arctic developments, and assess how both state and non-state actors respond to crucial problems for the global community. Long treated as a remote and isolated region, climate change and economic prospects have put the Arctic at the forefront of political agendas from the local to the global level, and this book tackles the variety of involved actors, institutional politics, relevant policy issues, as well as political imaginaries related to a globalizing Arctic. ... Read more
This volume explores the governance of the transforming Arctic from an international perspective. Leading and emerging scholars in Arctic research investigate the international causes and consequences of contemporary Arctic developments, and assess how both state and non-state actors respond to crucial problems for the global community. Long treated as a remote and isolated region, climate change and economic prospects have put the Arctic at the forefront of political agendas from the local to the global level, and this book tackles the variety of involved actors, institutional politics, relevant policy issues, as well as political imaginaries related to a globalizing Arctic. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
Number of Pages
319
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137508836
SKU
V9781137508836
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Keil, Kathrin; Knecht, Sebastian
Kathrin Keil is Project Scientist at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam, Germany, and the Europe Director of The Arctic Institute, an interdisciplinary, independent think tank focused on Arctic policy issues based in Washington, DC, USA. Sebastian Knecht is Fellow at the Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies (BTS), a joint endeavour of Freie Universität Berlin, Hertie ... Read more
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