Politics of sustainability in the Arctic - a research agenda
The concept of sustainability has taken centre stage in Arctic politics. However, there is little agreement on what ‘sustainable’ means. For different actors (governments, indigenous people, NGOs, etc.) the concept implies different sets of opportunities and precautions. Sustainability, therefore, i...
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ftcopenhagenunip:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/41d89248-cb98-4645-8a75-3ea9f8c42ae0 2024-05-19T07:33:08+00:00 Politics of sustainability in the Arctic - a research agenda Gad, Ulrik Pram Jakobsen, Uffe Strandsbjerg, Jeppe Fondahl, Gail Wilson, Gary N. 2017 https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/politics-of-sustainability-in-the-arctic--a-research-agenda(41d89248-cb98-4645-8a75-3ea9f8c42ae0).html https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46150-2 eng eng Springer info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Gad , U P , Jakobsen , U & Strandsbjerg , J 2017 , Politics of sustainability in the Arctic - a research agenda . in G Fondahl & G N Wilson (eds) , Northern sustainabilities : Understanding and adressing change in the circumpolar world . Springer , Springer Polar Sciences , pp. 13-23 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46150-2 /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/FacultyOfSocialSciences Faculty of Social Sciences Arctic Sustainability Concepts of sustainability political theory discourse theory postcolonial identity Greenland bookPart 2017 ftcopenhagenunip https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46150-2 2024-04-25T00:45:02Z The concept of sustainability has taken centre stage in Arctic politics. However, there is little agreement on what ‘sustainable’ means. For different actors (governments, indigenous people, NGOs, etc.) the concept implies different sets of opportunities and precautions. Sustainability, therefore, is much more a fundamental idea to be further elaborated depending on contexts than a definable term with a specific meaning. The paper argues a research agenda that aims to map and analyse the role of sustainability in political and economic strategies in the Arctic. Sustainability has become a fundamental concept that orders the relationship between the environment (nature) and development (economy), however, in the process rearticulating other concepts such as identity (society) and security (state). Hence, we discuss, first, how sustainability when meeting the Arctic changes its meaning and application from the global ecosphere to a regional environment, and, second, how sustainability is again conceptually transformed when meeting Greenlandic ambitions for postcoloniality. This discussion leads us to outline an agenda for how to study the way in which sustainability works as a political concept. Book Part Arctic Arctic Greenland greenlandic University of Copenhagen: Research |
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The concept of sustainability has taken centre stage in Arctic politics. However, there is little agreement on what ‘sustainable’ means. For different actors (governments, indigenous people, NGOs, etc.) the concept implies different sets of opportunities and precautions. Sustainability, therefore, is much more a fundamental idea to be further elaborated depending on contexts than a definable term with a specific meaning. The paper argues a research agenda that aims to map and analyse the role of sustainability in political and economic strategies in the Arctic. Sustainability has become a fundamental concept that orders the relationship between the environment (nature) and development (economy), however, in the process rearticulating other concepts such as identity (society) and security (state). Hence, we discuss, first, how sustainability when meeting the Arctic changes its meaning and application from the global ecosphere to a regional environment, and, second, how sustainability is again conceptually transformed when meeting Greenlandic ambitions for postcoloniality. This discussion leads us to outline an agenda for how to study the way in which sustainability works as a political concept. |
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Politics of sustainability in the Arctic - a research agenda |
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Gad , U P , Jakobsen , U & Strandsbjerg , J 2017 , Politics of sustainability in the Arctic - a research agenda . in G Fondahl & G N Wilson (eds) , Northern sustainabilities : Understanding and adressing change in the circumpolar world . Springer , Springer Polar Sciences , pp. 13-23 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46150-2 |
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