Identity Formation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region
The Barents Euro-Arctic Region was established in 1993 to further security objectives in the European North. In order to reach the superior goal of maintaining stability in the area, it is a declared aim to create an identity region with people from all parts of it conceiving of themselves as `us...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0010836798033003003 2024-06-16T07:37:38+00:00 Identity Formation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region HØNNELAND, GEIR 1998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0010836798033003003 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0010836798033003003 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Cooperation and Conflict volume 33, issue 3, page 277-297 ISSN 0010-8367 1460-3691 journal-article 1998 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0010836798033003003 2024-05-19T12:59:04Z The Barents Euro-Arctic Region was established in 1993 to further security objectives in the European North. In order to reach the superior goal of maintaining stability in the area, it is a declared aim to create an identity region with people from all parts of it conceiving of themselves as `us' as opposed to `them' outside. The common history of the populations in the area as well as their similar geographical frame of reference are emphasized as forces capable of enhancing such a process. In this article, various narratives concerning the possibility of creating a common northern identity across the former Iron Curtain are presented. Pending more extensive empirical evaluations of the identity formation efforts, a preliminary conclusion would be that the new northern identity is characterized above all by contrasts and paradoxes. While the Barents Region project has profoundly changed the lives of a whole group of young Russians — here called `the Barents generation' — great numbers of people in the region probably have not even heard of it. Furthermore, a new contrasting between East and West seems to be underway. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic barents region SAGE Publications Arctic Cooperation and Conflict 33 3 277 297 |
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The Barents Euro-Arctic Region was established in 1993 to further security objectives in the European North. In order to reach the superior goal of maintaining stability in the area, it is a declared aim to create an identity region with people from all parts of it conceiving of themselves as `us' as opposed to `them' outside. The common history of the populations in the area as well as their similar geographical frame of reference are emphasized as forces capable of enhancing such a process. In this article, various narratives concerning the possibility of creating a common northern identity across the former Iron Curtain are presented. Pending more extensive empirical evaluations of the identity formation efforts, a preliminary conclusion would be that the new northern identity is characterized above all by contrasts and paradoxes. While the Barents Region project has profoundly changed the lives of a whole group of young Russians — here called `the Barents generation' — great numbers of people in the region probably have not even heard of it. Furthermore, a new contrasting between East and West seems to be underway. |
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Identity Formation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region |
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Identity Formation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region |
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Identity Formation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region |
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Identity Formation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region |
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identity formation in the barents euro-arctic region |
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