Mastering the Arctic? Political Culture and colonialism in the Russian Far North

This case study of colonialism in the Russian Arctic asks (1) Why is Moscow attempting to (re)colonize its Arctic region? (2) How can we understand the relationship between the Russian state and its Arctic region/residents? (3) What are the foundations of this relationship and how entrenched are the...

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Main Author: Hodgson, Kara Kathleen
Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2023
Subjects:
Russian Arctic
political culture
colonialism
DOKTOR-001
Arctic
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10037/31908
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spelling ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/31908 2023-12-31T10:01:47+01:00 Mastering the Arctic? Political Culture and colonialism in the Russian Far North Hodgson, Kara Kathleen 2023-12-13 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/31908 eng eng UiT Norges arktiske universitet UiT The Arctic University of Norway Paper 1: Hodgson, K.K. & Gjørv, G.H. ‘Colonialism as Security’: Using a comprehensive security analysis to understand colonialist practices of security in the Russian Arctic. (Submitted manuscript). Paper 2: Stammler, F., Hodgson, K.K. & Ivanova, A. (2020). Human Security, Extractive Industries and Indigenous Communities in the Russian North. In: Gjørv, H.G. & Sam-Aggrey, H.G. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Arctic Security , pp 377-391. Routledge. ISBN 9781138227996 . Published version not available in Munin due to publisher’s restrictions. Paper 3: Hodgson, K.K. (2022). Russia’s Colonial Legacy in the Sakha Heartland. In: Evans, J. (Ed.), The Arctic Institute Colonialism Series 2022 . The Arctic Institute. Also available at https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/russias-colonial-legacy-sakha-heartland/ . Paper 4: Hodgson, K.K. & Lanteigne, M. (2022). Homesteading in the Arctic: The Logic Behind, and Prospects for, Russia’s ’Hectare in the Arctic’ Program. Arctic Yearbook (2022) : 1-14. Also available in Munin at https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27976 . https://hdl.handle.net/10037/31908 embargoedAccess Copyright 2023 The Author(s) Russian Arctic political culture colonialism DOKTOR-001 Doctoral thesis Doktorgradsavhandling 2023 ftunivtroemsoe 2023-12-07T00:08:35Z This case study of colonialism in the Russian Arctic asks (1) Why is Moscow attempting to (re)colonize its Arctic region? (2) How can we understand the relationship between the Russian state and its Arctic region/residents? (3) What are the foundations of this relationship and how entrenched are they? It finds that internal and resource colonialism are occurring, that Moscow’s current colonialist practices are a continuation of practices from the imperial and Soviet eras, and that this continuity has its roots in Russia’s political culture. Here, colonialism has been motivated by economic and security concerns, aka, “colonialism as security.” The research comes from policy documents, news articles, historical texts, etc. Critical discourse, thematic, and comparative historical analyses all served to provide a thick explanation of the situation in the Russian Arctic. It is of interest for political science, Russian and Arctic studies, and security studies. Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Arctic Arctic University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive
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political culture
colonialism
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Mastering the Arctic? Political Culture and colonialism in the Russian Far North
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description This case study of colonialism in the Russian Arctic asks (1) Why is Moscow attempting to (re)colonize its Arctic region? (2) How can we understand the relationship between the Russian state and its Arctic region/residents? (3) What are the foundations of this relationship and how entrenched are they? It finds that internal and resource colonialism are occurring, that Moscow’s current colonialist practices are a continuation of practices from the imperial and Soviet eras, and that this continuity has its roots in Russia’s political culture. Here, colonialism has been motivated by economic and security concerns, aka, “colonialism as security.” The research comes from policy documents, news articles, historical texts, etc. Critical discourse, thematic, and comparative historical analyses all served to provide a thick explanation of the situation in the Russian Arctic. It is of interest for political science, Russian and Arctic studies, and security studies.
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op_relation Paper 1: Hodgson, K.K. & Gjørv, G.H. ‘Colonialism as Security’: Using a comprehensive security analysis to understand colonialist practices of security in the Russian Arctic. (Submitted manuscript). Paper 2: Stammler, F., Hodgson, K.K. & Ivanova, A. (2020). Human Security, Extractive Industries and Indigenous Communities in the Russian North. In: Gjørv, H.G. & Sam-Aggrey, H.G. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Arctic Security , pp 377-391. Routledge. ISBN 9781138227996 . Published version not available in Munin due to publisher’s restrictions. Paper 3: Hodgson, K.K. (2022). Russia’s Colonial Legacy in the Sakha Heartland. In: Evans, J. (Ed.), The Arctic Institute Colonialism Series 2022 . The Arctic Institute. Also available at https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/russias-colonial-legacy-sakha-heartland/ . Paper 4: Hodgson, K.K. & Lanteigne, M. (2022). Homesteading in the Arctic: The Logic Behind, and Prospects for, Russia’s ’Hectare in the Arctic’ Program. Arctic Yearbook (2022) : 1-14. Also available in Munin at https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27976 .
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