The Arctic Promise: Legal and Political Autonomy of Greenland and Nunavut
The Arctic Promise: Legal and Political Autonomy of Greenland and Nunavut , Natalia Loukacheva, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007, pp. xii, 255. Is there political space for a northern vision of governance? This book is a comparative evaluation of Inuit efforts to realize autonomy within th...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0008423908080244 2024-03-03T08:41:39+00:00 The Arctic Promise: Legal and Political Autonomy of Greenland and Nunavut Brock, David M. 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008423908080244 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008423908080244 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Canadian Journal of Political Science volume 41, issue 1, page 228-229 ISSN 0008-4239 1744-9324 Sociology and Political Science journal-article 2008 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0008423908080244 2024-02-08T08:31:58Z The Arctic Promise: Legal and Political Autonomy of Greenland and Nunavut , Natalia Loukacheva, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007, pp. xii, 255. Is there political space for a northern vision of governance? This book is a comparative evaluation of Inuit efforts to realize autonomy within the Danish realm and Canadian federation through the creation and evolution of Greenland and Nunavut. A comparative legal and historical analysis is used to make normative claims about Inuit autonomy in these two jurisdictions. The concept of autonomy is defined by the author as “equivalent to self-government in the context of an internal right to self-determination” (6). It is argued that there is no need for Inuit in either territory to pursue a special type of indigenous autonomy because Inuit legal and political aspirations can be realized through existing arrangements. Loukacheva claims, “The Inuit majorities of Nunavut and Greenland in practice are turning de jure territorial forms of governance into de facto indigenous ones” (40). The evidence presented in this book may not constitute the last word on Inuit autonomy, but it sure is provocative. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland inuit Nunavut Cambridge University Press Arctic Nunavut Greenland Canadian Journal of Political Science 41 1 228 229 |
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The Arctic Promise: Legal and Political Autonomy of Greenland and Nunavut , Natalia Loukacheva, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007, pp. xii, 255. Is there political space for a northern vision of governance? This book is a comparative evaluation of Inuit efforts to realize autonomy within the Danish realm and Canadian federation through the creation and evolution of Greenland and Nunavut. A comparative legal and historical analysis is used to make normative claims about Inuit autonomy in these two jurisdictions. The concept of autonomy is defined by the author as “equivalent to self-government in the context of an internal right to self-determination” (6). It is argued that there is no need for Inuit in either territory to pursue a special type of indigenous autonomy because Inuit legal and political aspirations can be realized through existing arrangements. Loukacheva claims, “The Inuit majorities of Nunavut and Greenland in practice are turning de jure territorial forms of governance into de facto indigenous ones” (40). The evidence presented in this book may not constitute the last word on Inuit autonomy, but it sure is provocative. |
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