Transformational Change and Regime Shifts in the Circumpolar Arctic
The Arctic is changing rapidly, and there are many indications that the region is in the midst of transformational change. While some of the focus relates to impacts of climate change, rapid economic development and the potential for shifts in political and social structures in the region have also...
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ftjarlp:oai:nordicopenaccess.no:article/532 2023-05-15T14:18:43+02:00 Transformational Change and Regime Shifts in the Circumpolar Arctic Nilsson, Annika E. Koivurova, Timo 2016-11-17 application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip application/xml https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/532 https://doi.org/10.17585/arctic.v7.532 eng eng University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Law https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/532/1151 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/532/1152 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/532/1153 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/532/1154 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/532 doi:10.17585/arctic.v7.532 Copyright (c) 2016 Arctic Review Arctic Review; Vol 7 No 2 (2016) 2387-4562 regime Arctic social–ecological system governance scale region info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftjarlp https://doi.org/10.17585/arctic.v7.532 2022-03-24T06:34:42Z The Arctic is changing rapidly, and there are many indications that the region is in the midst of transformational change. While some of the focus relates to impacts of climate change, rapid economic development and the potential for shifts in political and social structures in the region have also been in the limelight. This article looks at the circumpolar Arctic as a potential case of aregime shift in a large-scale social–ecological system that includes reinforcing feedbacks. A special focus is placed on governance structures, as these play an important role in social negotiations on the relationship between societies and the environment. While climate change is often portrayed as a driver of social change in the Arctic, it does not appear that the ongoing changes in the biophysical features of the Arctic region have rocked current circumpolar governance structures out of kilter. On the contrary, the ongoing climate-related changes, in particular sea ice decline, appear to have reinforced political commitment to existing legal structures. Major past social regime shifts have mainly been related to access to resources and national identity ideology, withpolitical dynamics reinforced at times by military security considerations.(Published: November 2016)Citation: A.E. Nilsson and T. Koivurova. ‘‘Transformational Change and Regime Shifts in the Circumpolar Arctic.’’ Arctic Review on Law and Politics, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2016, pp. 179–195. http://dx.doi.org/10.17585/arctic.v7.532 Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Climate change Sea ice Arctic Review on Law and Politics Arctic Arctic Review on Law and Politics 7 2 |
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The Arctic is changing rapidly, and there are many indications that the region is in the midst of transformational change. While some of the focus relates to impacts of climate change, rapid economic development and the potential for shifts in political and social structures in the region have also been in the limelight. This article looks at the circumpolar Arctic as a potential case of aregime shift in a large-scale social–ecological system that includes reinforcing feedbacks. A special focus is placed on governance structures, as these play an important role in social negotiations on the relationship between societies and the environment. While climate change is often portrayed as a driver of social change in the Arctic, it does not appear that the ongoing changes in the biophysical features of the Arctic region have rocked current circumpolar governance structures out of kilter. On the contrary, the ongoing climate-related changes, in particular sea ice decline, appear to have reinforced political commitment to existing legal structures. Major past social regime shifts have mainly been related to access to resources and national identity ideology, withpolitical dynamics reinforced at times by military security considerations.(Published: November 2016)Citation: A.E. Nilsson and T. Koivurova. ‘‘Transformational Change and Regime Shifts in the Circumpolar Arctic.’’ Arctic Review on Law and Politics, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2016, pp. 179–195. http://dx.doi.org/10.17585/arctic.v7.532 |
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