Natural Resource Conflict and Socioenvironmental Resistance in Arctic States: Assessing Domestic Risks to Circumpolar Security
How does climate change contribute to domestic natural resource conflict and socioenvironmental resistance in the Arctic? The literature assumes that developed Arctic nations possess sufficient state capacity to overcome risks of domestic conflict and unrest posed by regional development and environ...
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ftunivdenverir:oai:digitalcommons.du.edu:etd-3358 2024-06-02T08:00:23+00:00 Natural Resource Conflict and Socioenvironmental Resistance in Arctic States: Assessing Domestic Risks to Circumpolar Security Evans, Jen 2024-03-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/2369 https://digitalcommons.du.edu/context/etd/article/3358/viewcontent/Evans_denver_0061D_12685.pdf English (eng) eng unknown Digital Commons @ DU https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/2369 https://digitalcommons.du.edu/context/etd/article/3358/viewcontent/Evans_denver_0061D_12685.pdf all_rights_reserved Electronic Theses and Dissertations Climate change Arctic Natural resource conflict Josef Korbel School of International Studies Environmental Sciences International Relations Natural Resource Economics Natural Resources Management and Policy Political Science Politics and Social Change text 2024 ftunivdenverir 2024-05-06T17:14:25Z How does climate change contribute to domestic natural resource conflict and socioenvironmental resistance in the Arctic? The literature assumes that developed Arctic nations possess sufficient state capacity to overcome risks of domestic conflict and unrest posed by regional development and environmental change. Arctic policy correspondingly focuses on natural resource competition, disputes, and conflict at the international level. The mechanisms and processes of domestic natural resource conflict and socioenvironmental resistance in the Arctic have thus been largely ignored in the literature, even though 27 cases of contention have occurred since the ‘shock’ sea-ice melt of 2007. In this study, I draw on existing studies to present a model of linear and cumulative risk to domestic natural resource conflict and socioenvironmental resistance in the Arctic. I then aggregate relevant variables to calculate relative conflict risk across 18 subnational Arctic territories, test it against incidence of contention, and determine that it is not predictive of domestic natural resource conflict and socioenvironmental resistance. Building on correlations that do appear in the analysis, I suggest a focus on conflict mechanisms and processes previously unidentified in the literature. I subsequently explore three case studies of domestic conflict and socioenvironmental resistance to assess how climate change produces contention over natural resources in the Arctic. I find that climate change has fostered state interest in natural resources for soft power development via global climate leadership, the strengthening of sovereignty claims, and other strategic benefits in the Arctic. The prioritization of state interests over other economic activities, including artisanal and subsistence harvesting, constrains diversification in economic production and fosters an overdependence on natural resource production that is unexpected in developed economies. International NGOs endeavor to mitigate inequities associated with the state ... Text Arctic Climate change Sea ice University of Denver: Digital Commons @ DU Arctic |
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How does climate change contribute to domestic natural resource conflict and socioenvironmental resistance in the Arctic? The literature assumes that developed Arctic nations possess sufficient state capacity to overcome risks of domestic conflict and unrest posed by regional development and environmental change. Arctic policy correspondingly focuses on natural resource competition, disputes, and conflict at the international level. The mechanisms and processes of domestic natural resource conflict and socioenvironmental resistance in the Arctic have thus been largely ignored in the literature, even though 27 cases of contention have occurred since the ‘shock’ sea-ice melt of 2007. In this study, I draw on existing studies to present a model of linear and cumulative risk to domestic natural resource conflict and socioenvironmental resistance in the Arctic. I then aggregate relevant variables to calculate relative conflict risk across 18 subnational Arctic territories, test it against incidence of contention, and determine that it is not predictive of domestic natural resource conflict and socioenvironmental resistance. Building on correlations that do appear in the analysis, I suggest a focus on conflict mechanisms and processes previously unidentified in the literature. I subsequently explore three case studies of domestic conflict and socioenvironmental resistance to assess how climate change produces contention over natural resources in the Arctic. I find that climate change has fostered state interest in natural resources for soft power development via global climate leadership, the strengthening of sovereignty claims, and other strategic benefits in the Arctic. The prioritization of state interests over other economic activities, including artisanal and subsistence harvesting, constrains diversification in economic production and fosters an overdependence on natural resource production that is unexpected in developed economies. International NGOs endeavor to mitigate inequities associated with the state ... |
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Natural Resource Conflict and Socioenvironmental Resistance in Arctic States: Assessing Domestic Risks to Circumpolar Security |
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Natural Resource Conflict and Socioenvironmental Resistance in Arctic States: Assessing Domestic Risks to Circumpolar Security |
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Natural Resource Conflict and Socioenvironmental Resistance in Arctic States: Assessing Domestic Risks to Circumpolar Security |
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