The Politics of the Right to Self-Determination: Reframing the Debate on Greenland's Autonomy

• Main Author: Takahashi, Minori
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University
• Subjects: 290; Greenland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/60809; https://doi.org/10.14943/ebr.6.1.25

The objective of this paper is to shed light on autonomy structures in Greenland and the processes that alter them. The paper will utilize “autonomy in external relations” and “autonomy in internal relations” as tools in a new analytical framework that replaces autonomism, which is traditionally conceived in terms of integration and separation between the center and the periphery. To achieve the above objective, I will consider the relationship between resource development and autonomy, specifically trends in Greenland and changes in the policies of the Greenland Self-Rule Government, as it attempts to enhance its autonomy by attracting foreign investment and obtaining greates financial benefits from natural resources such as ore and oil.