Polar expertise and the Antarcticans ...

I remember attending an event about polar governance in Canada nearly a decade ago, where an Antarctic marine scientist did not understand why representatives of the Government of Nunavut were cynical about some of his interventions. ‘But what’s wrong with good governance?’, he protested. The Nunavu...

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Main Author: Powell, RC
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2019
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.21351
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/274244
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spelling ftdatacite:10.17863/cam.21351 2024-02-04T09:55:25+01:00 Polar expertise and the Antarcticans ... Powell, RC 2019 https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.21351 https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/274244 en eng SAGE Publications 4404 Development Studies 4406 Human Geography 44 Human Society Article ScholarlyArticle JournalArticle article-journal 2019 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.17863/cam.21351 2024-01-05T16:32:48Z I remember attending an event about polar governance in Canada nearly a decade ago, where an Antarctic marine scientist did not understand why representatives of the Government of Nunavut were cynical about some of his interventions. ‘But what’s wrong with good governance?’, he protested. The Nunavut policymakers saw the question as being one of whose models of governance. This interchange has always puzzled me. Jessica O’Reilly’s fascinating account of Antarctic scientists and policymakers, or ‘Antarcticans’, now goes some serious way in explaining why. ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Nunavut DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic Canada Nunavut
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description I remember attending an event about polar governance in Canada nearly a decade ago, where an Antarctic marine scientist did not understand why representatives of the Government of Nunavut were cynical about some of his interventions. ‘But what’s wrong with good governance?’, he protested. The Nunavut policymakers saw the question as being one of whose models of governance. This interchange has always puzzled me. Jessica O’Reilly’s fascinating account of Antarctic scientists and policymakers, or ‘Antarcticans’, now goes some serious way in explaining why. ...
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