Arctic Governance: Volume 1: Law and Politics
The Polar North is known to be home to large gas and oil reserves and its positionholds signifi cant trading and military advantages, yet the maritime boundaries of the region remain ill-defined. In the twenty-first century the Arctic is undergoing profound change. As the sea ice melts, a result of accelerating climate change, global governance has become vital.
In this first of three volumes, the latest research and analysis from the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, the world's leading Arctic research body, is brought together. Arctic Governance: Law and Politics investigates the legal and political order of the Polar North, focusing on governance structures and the Law of the Sea. Are the current mechanisms at work effective? Are the Arctic states' interests really clashing, or is the atmosphere of a more cooperative nature? Skilfully delineating policy in the region and analysing the consequences of treaty agreements, Arctic Governance's uncovering of a rather orderly 'Arctic race' will become an indispensable contribution to contemporary International Relations concerning the Polar North.
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Arctic Governance: Volume 1: Law and Politics
The Polar North is known to be home to large gas and oil reserves and its positionholds signifi cant trading and military advantages, yet the maritime boundaries of the region remain ill-defined. In the twenty-first century the Arctic is undergoing profound change. As the sea ice melts, a result of accelerating climate change, global governance has become vital.
In this first of three volumes, the latest research and analysis from the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, the world's leading Arctic research body, is brought together. Arctic Governance: Law and Politics investigates the legal and political order of the Polar North, focusing on governance structures and the Law of the Sea. Are the current mechanisms at work effective? Are the Arctic states' interests really clashing, or is the atmosphere of a more cooperative nature? Skilfully delineating policy in the region and analysing the consequences of treaty agreements, Arctic Governance's uncovering of a rather orderly 'Arctic race' will become an indispensable contribution to contemporary International Relations concerning the Polar North.
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The Polar North is known to be home to large gas and oil reserves and its positionholds signifi cant trading and military advantages, yet the maritime boundaries of the region remain ill-defined. In the twenty-first century the Arctic is undergoing profound change. As the sea ice melts, a result of accelerating climate change, global governance has become vital.
In this first of three volumes, the latest research and analysis from the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, the world's leading Arctic research body, is brought together. Arctic Governance: Law and Politics investigates the legal and political order of the Polar North, focusing on governance structures and the Law of the Sea. Are the current mechanisms at work effective? Are the Arctic states' interests really clashing, or is the atmosphere of a more cooperative nature? Skilfully delineating policy in the region and analysing the consequences of treaty agreements, Arctic Governance's uncovering of a rather orderly 'Arctic race' will become an indispensable contribution to contemporary International Relations concerning the Polar North.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781786722829
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 10/03/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Geir Honneland is Research Director at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute - one of the world's leading Arctic research bodies - and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the Arctic University in Tromso, Norway. He has published widely in English on territory disputes and environmental factors in the Polar North. He gained his PhD from the University of Oslo in 2000 and is one of the most respected commentators in the field of Arctic Studies. Svein Vigeland Rottem is Director of the Polar Research Programme at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute. He received his PhD in Arctic Political Science from the Arctic University at Tromso.Ida Folkestad Soltvedt is Researcher in Polar Law at the Fridtjdof Nansen Institute.
Ida Folkestad Soltvedt is Researcher in Polar Law at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute.
Svein Vigeland Rottem is Director of the Polar Research Programme at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway.

Table of Contents

Part I Governance
1. The Dynamics of Arctic Development
Arild Moe
2. Geopolitics and International Governance in the Arctic
Øyvind Østerud and Geir Hønneland
3. Pros and Cons of Institutional Complexity: The Case of Arctic
Governance
Olav Schram Stokke
4. The Arctic: Environmental Security or Multi-Level Governance?
Olav Schram Stokke
Part II Law of the Sea
5. The Law of the Sea and the Arctic Environment
Olav Schram Stokke
6. Take it to the Limit: Defining the Continental Shelf in the Arctic
Øystein Jensen
7. Towards a Legal Regime for Arctic Navigation
Øystein Jensen
8. The Polar Code and the Law of the Sea
Øystein Jensen
Part III The Arctic Council
9. The Arctic Council Between National and International
Governance
Svein Vigeland Rottem
10. The Arctic Council and Biodiversity
Christian Prip
11. The Arctic Council: Challenges and Recommendations
Svein Vigeland Rottem
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