Decolonising the economy in micropolities : rents, government spending and infrastructure development in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
Assessments of both legitimate governmental activity and responsible economic policy tend to be dominated by conceptions developed at the scale of the large state. Nevertheless, large state perspectives on appropriate levels of public spending relative to economic size and appropriate forms of econo...
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ftunivmalta:oai:www.um.edu.mt:123456789/44449 2023-05-15T16:24:05+02:00 Decolonising the economy in micropolities : rents, government spending and infrastructure development in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) Grydehoj, Adam 2018-05 https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/44449 en eng University of Malta. Islands and Small States Institute Grydehøj, A. (2018). Decolonising the economy in micropolities: rents, government spending and infrastructure development in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland). Small States & Territories, 1(1), 69-94. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/44449 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. Decolonization -- Greenland States Small -- Greenland -- Case studies Greenland -- Economic policy Government spending policy -- Greenland Subnational governments article 2018 ftunivmalta 2021-10-16T18:08:25Z Assessments of both legitimate governmental activity and responsible economic policy tend to be dominated by conceptions developed at the scale of the large state. Nevertheless, large state perspectives on appropriate levels of public spending relative to economic size and appropriate forms of economic activity do not always match the reality of governance and economics in micropolities (including both very small sovereign states and highly autonomous subnational jurisdictions). This paper considers the case of Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), a subnational island jurisdiction of Denmark, to explore how the needs of micropolities are not served by understandings of governance and economics scaled to the large state. Focus is placed on Kalaallit Nunaat’s accrual of rents, government spending, and infrastructure development. Although Kalaallit Nunaat is, like many other micropolities, economically dependent on rents, it has been subjected to large state economic understandings that are often tied up in neocolonial processes and lead to the privileging of metropolitan expertise and development trajectories. Micropolities like Kalaallit Nunaat are better served by policy approaches that take into account the realities of small scale governance and economics, even if these fly in the face of large state experiences and expectations. peer-reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland kalaallit Kalaallit Nunaat University of Malta: OAR@UM Greenland |
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Assessments of both legitimate governmental activity and responsible economic policy tend to be dominated by conceptions developed at the scale of the large state. Nevertheless, large state perspectives on appropriate levels of public spending relative to economic size and appropriate forms of economic activity do not always match the reality of governance and economics in micropolities (including both very small sovereign states and highly autonomous subnational jurisdictions). This paper considers the case of Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), a subnational island jurisdiction of Denmark, to explore how the needs of micropolities are not served by understandings of governance and economics scaled to the large state. Focus is placed on Kalaallit Nunaat’s accrual of rents, government spending, and infrastructure development. Although Kalaallit Nunaat is, like many other micropolities, economically dependent on rents, it has been subjected to large state economic understandings that are often tied up in neocolonial processes and lead to the privileging of metropolitan expertise and development trajectories. Micropolities like Kalaallit Nunaat are better served by policy approaches that take into account the realities of small scale governance and economics, even if these fly in the face of large state experiences and expectations. peer-reviewed |
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Decolonising the economy in micropolities : rents, government spending and infrastructure development in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) |
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Decolonising the economy in micropolities : rents, government spending and infrastructure development in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) |
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Decolonising the economy in micropolities : rents, government spending and infrastructure development in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) |
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Decolonising the economy in micropolities : rents, government spending and infrastructure development in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) |
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Decolonising the economy in micropolities : rents, government spending and infrastructure development in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) |
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decolonising the economy in micropolities : rents, government spending and infrastructure development in kalaallit nunaat (greenland) |
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University of Malta. Islands and Small States Institute |
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Grydehøj, A. (2018). Decolonising the economy in micropolities: rents, government spending and infrastructure development in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland). Small States & Territories, 1(1), 69-94. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/44449 |
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