Human and Societal Security in the Circumpolar Arctic

Local and Indigenous Communities
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-36301-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 885 g

Reihe: Studies in Polar Law

Human and Societal Security in the Circumpolar Arctic addresses a comprehensive understanding of security in the Arctic, with a particular focus on one of its sub-regions – the Barents region. The book presents a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective to which the Arctic is placed as referent, and special attention is paid to the viewpoint of local and indigenous communities. Overarching topics of human and societal security are touched upon from various angles and disciplinary approaches, The discussions are framed in the broader context of security studies. The volume specifically addresses the challenges facing the Arctic population which are important to be looked at from human security perspectives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hossain, Kamrul

Roncero Martín, José Miguel

Petrétei, Anna

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Notes on Contributors

Part 1: Introduction

Understanding Human Security as a Tool to Promote Societal Security in the Arctic

Kamrul Hossain, Miguel Roncero and Anna Petrétei

Part 2: Overview of Human and Societal Security in the Circumpolar Arctic: Local Actors and Governance Frameworks

1 Policies and Strategies for the Arctic: A Review of the Approaches to Human Security in the Arctic

Jose Miguel Roncero

2 The Interplay of the Human Security and Sustainable Development Concepts: The Case of Russia’s Arctic Industrial Centers

Alexander Sergunin

3 Human Security, Risk and Sustainability in the Swedish Policy for the Arctic

Sara Nyhlén, Katarina Giritli Nygren, Anna Olofsson and Johanna Bergström

4 Colonialism, Statehood, and Sámi in Norden and the Norwegian High North

Wilfrid Greaves

5 Outer Space and Indigenous Security: Sweden’s ESRANGE Launch Site and the Human Security of the Sami

Michael Sheehan

Part 3: Arctic Societies: Local Implications of Global Developments

6 The Value of the Barents Region: More than a Resource Provider

Corinna Casi

7 Whether and How Social Work Could Address the Long-term Socio-environmental Risks Caused by the Mining Industry in Northern Finland

Satu Ranta-Tyrkkö

8 Achieving Human and Societal Security in Oil Producing Regions: A Komi-Izhma Community Perspective from Pripechor’e, Russia

Julia Loginova

9 The Role of Hydrocarbon Development in Arctic Governance: A Suitable Approach for Human Development in the Region?

Gerald Zojer

10 Arctic Society and Societal Security: A Reference to Extractive Developments in Northern Fennoscandia

Kamrul Hossain, Anna Petrétei

11 Indigenous Rights and Livelihoods as Concerns in the Decision-Making on Extractive Industries in Finland

Stefan Kirchner

Part 4: Identity, Culture, Business and Community Values

12 Innocence Challenged: Perceptions and Constructions of Human Security in Scandinavian Literature on the Arctic

Helene Peterbauer and José Miguel Roncero Martín

13 Digital Storytelling: A Bottom-Up Approach to Gender & Human Security in the Barents Region?

Tahnee Lisa Prior

14 Cultural Identity in Families with “The Finnish Origin,” Living in a Russian Speaking Environment (According to Material of Murmansk Region)

Elena Busyreva

15 Favorite and Least Favorite Places of the Northern Border Cities (As Exemplified in the Drawings of Schoolchildren of Nikel and Kirkenes)

Tatiana Zhigaltsova

Part 5: Conclusion

The Arctic – A Region in Motion

Kamrul Hossain, Miguel Roncero and Anna Petrétei

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kamrul Hossain, LLD, University of Lapland, is an Associate Professor and Director of the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland. He has extensively published in the discipline of environment and human rights applicable to the Arctic.

José Miguel Roncero Martín is a PhD candidate at the University of Vienna, Austria. His research focuses on security topics, with a strong attention given to non-traditional elements of security.

Anna Petrétei is a PhD candidate at the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland. She is the author of several articles and book chapters concerning indigenous peoples’ rights.