Securing a Contingent Future : how threats, risks and identity matter in the debate over petroleum development in Lofoten, Norway.

• Main Author: Dale, Brigt
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitetet i Tromsø 2012
• Subjects: VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240::Internasjonal politikk: 243; VDP::Social science: 200::Political science and organizational theory: 240::International politics: 243; VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosialantropologi: 250; VDP::Social science: 200::Social anthropology: 250; DOKTOR-001; Lofoten; Norway; Vesterålen; Senja
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4150

During the first decade of the new millennium, decisive steps towards including the Northern province in what has been called ‘the Norwegian petroleum fairytale’ was taken. By 2008, the area outside the regions Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja was put high on the agenda, and national, regional and loca...