| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 164 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge research in polar regions |
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Routledge research in polar regions.
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| Contents |
Setting the scene in Nuuk : introducing the cast of characters in Greenlandic foreign policy narratives / Marc Jakobsen and Ulrik Pram Gad -- Independence through international affairs : how foreign relations shaped Greenlandic identity before 1979 / Jens Heinrich -- Greenlandic sovereignty in practice : uranium, independence and foreign relations in Greenland between three logics of security / Kristian Søby Kristensen and Jon Rahbek-Clemmensen -- The arctic turn : how did the high north become a foreign and security policy priority for Denmark? / Jon Rahbek-Clemmensen -- Lightning rod : US, Greenlandic and Danish relations in the shadow of post-colonial reputations / Mikkel Runge Olsen -- Chinese investments in Greenland : promises and risks as seen from Nuuk, Copenhagen and Beijing / Camilla T.N. Sørensen -- The politics of economic security : Denmark, Greenland and Chinese mining investment / Kevin Foley -- The divergent scalar strategies of the Greenlandic government and the Inuit Circumpolar Council / Hannes Gerhardt -- Greenland and the Arctic Council : subnational regions in a time of arctic Westphalianisation / Inuuteq Holm Olsen and Jessica M. Shadian -- Materializing Greenland within a critical arctic geopolitics / Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall -- Conclusion : the opportunities and challenges of Greenlandic paradiplomacy / Kristian Søby Kristensen and Jon Rahbek-Clemmensen |
| Summary |
"Greenland and the International Politics of a Changing Arctic examines the international politics of semi-independent Greenland in a changing and increasingly globalised Arctic. Without sovereign statehood, but with increased geopolitical importance, independent foreign policy ambitions, and a solidified self-image as a trailblazer for Arctic indigenous peoples' rights, Greenland is making its mark on the Arctic and is in turn affected - and empowered - by Arctic developments. The chapters in this collection analyse how a distinct Greenlandic foreign policy identity shapes political ends and means, how relations to its parent state of Denmark is both a burden and a resource, and how Greenlandic actors use and influence regional institutional settings as well as foreign states and commercial actors to produce an increasingly independent - if not sovereign - entity with aims and ambitions for regional change in the Arctic. This is the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of Greenland's international relations and how they are connected to wider Arctic politics. It will be essential reading for students and scholars interested in Arctic governance and security, international relations, sovereignty, geopolitics, paradiplomacy, indigenous affairs and anyone concerned with the political future of the Arctic."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Geopolitics -- Arctic regions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Diplomatic relations
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Geopolitics
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International economic relations
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| SUBJECT |
Greenland -- Foreign relations
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Greenland -- Foreign economic relations
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| Subject |
Arctic Regions
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Greenland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kristensen, Kristian Søby, editor.
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Rahbek-Clemmensen, Jon, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781315162645 |
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1315162644 |
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9781351668835 |
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1351668838 |
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9781351668828 |
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135166882X |
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