Non-state actors in the Antarctic treaty system : making heresy orthodox ...
In the period 1988-9, Antarctica's previously little troubled governing regime, the Antarctic Treaty System, descended into the most significant discord in its history with the rejection of the agreed Convention to Regulate Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities and its eventual replacement by t...
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University Of Tasmania
2023
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.25959/23234171 https://figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/thesis/Non-state_actors_in_the_Antarctic_treaty_system_making_heresy_orthodox/23234171 |
| Summary: | In the period 1988-9, Antarctica's previously little troubled governing regime, the Antarctic Treaty System, descended into the most significant discord in its history with the rejection of the agreed Convention to Regulate Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities and its eventual replacement by the Protocol on Environment Protection containing a limited mining ban. This study argues that non-state actors were the driving force behind the defeat of CRAMRA. These actors, in the form of environment promotion nongovernment organisations, successfully substituted many of the objectives they sought, which were at odds with the regime and encapsulated in the notion of a \world park\". The study focusses on the role of non-state actors in the world today. It examines who they are in the Antarctic context and what attributes may prove important in their exercise of influence over the Antarctic Treaty System. It then uses the case study described above to test which attributes proved important in the exercise of ... |
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