Globalization, climate change, and increased geopolitical competition are having a profound impact on the Arctic, affecting how we understand both sovereignty and security within the region. In Breaking Through, a diverse group of emerging and established scholars examine Arctic sovereignty and security, rarely examined together, and present a theoretically robust study of Arctic sovereignty and security in both historical and contemporary contexts.
Throughout the volume, readers will discover fresh perspectives on under-studied dimensions of Arctic sovereignty, including: environmental changes, foreign and security policies, and how Indigenous peoples interact to produce different meanings of sovereignty and security in the Arctic. Drawing on extensive primary and secondary research, Breaking Through offers important and timely conclusions for policymakers, advocates, scholars, and students.
Edited by:
Wilfrid Greaves,
P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9781487523527
ISBN 10: 1487523521
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 02 February 2021
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"An Introduction Wilfrid Greaves and P. Whitney Lackenbauer 1. In Search of Polar Sovereignty, 1900–1959 Peter Kikkert 2. The Gentlemen’s Agreement: Sovereignty, Defence, and Canadian–American Diplomacy in the Arctic Adam Lajeunesse 3. Arctic Security and Sovereignty through a Media Lens: From a Pile of Frozen Rocks to the Bottom of the Sea Mathieu Landriault 4. Understanding Arctic Security: A Defence of Traditional Security Analysis Rob Huebert 5. National Security and the High North: Post–Cold War Arctic Security Policy in Norway Wilfrid Greaves 6. Russia and Arctic Security: Inward-Looking Realities Alexander Sergunin 7. Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Canadian Security and Safety in the Arctic P. Whitney Lackenbauer 8. One Arctic? Northern Security in Canada and Norway Andreas Østhagen 9. Understanding the Recent History of Energy Security in the Arctic Petra Dolata 10. Human Insecurities of Marginalized Peoples in the Arctic: The Cost of Arctic and Nordic Exceptionalism Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv 11. Addressing Inequalities in the Arctic: Food Security in Nunavut Natalia Loukacheva 12. The Transformative Power of ""Security"" Talk Frank Sejersen Afterword: Sovereign Futures in an Insecure Arctic Wilfrid Greaves Contributors Index"
Will Greaves is an associate professor of International Relations at the University of Victoria. P. Whitney Lackenbauer is the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in the Study of the Canadian North and a professor in the School for the Study of Canada at Trent University.
Reviews for Breaking Through: Understanding Sovereignty and Security in the Circumpolar Arctic
Do the meanings that we ascribe to 'sovereignty' and 'security' depend on our context, identity, or self-interest? By raising this awkward question and addressing it from different historical, geographic, and disciplinary perspectives, Breaking Through makes a valuable contribution to Arctic scholarship. - Michael Byers, Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, and author of International Law and the Arctic If you want to understand the contours of sovereignty and security in the circumpolar Arctic, then look no further. Greaves and Lackenbauer have assembled a distinguished academic cast to consider two fundamental principles: Arctic security starts at home, and making sovereignty secure means listening to and working with the communities who call the Arctic home. - Klaus Dodds, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, and co-author of The Arctic: What Everyone Needs to Know
