Tackling Space : Federal Politics and the Russian North

Blakkisrud, Helge (EDT)/ Honneland, Geir (EDT)

University Press of America（2005/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 222 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780761833253
• DDC分類 320.447049

Full Description

The North is intrinsic to the way most outsiders imagine Russia: snow, long winters and the endless Siberian forests. Indeed, about 70 percent of the country's territory is defined as belonging to the North. These inhospitable tracts contain immense natural wealth, and large cities were constructed in Soviet times to supply the labor force for extraction industries.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian North has become both a burden and an asset. It is overdeveloped, with its now obsolete mono-industrial towns, and underdeveloped, with its still largely untapped natural resources. Today's Russian authorities face the challenge of developing a new Northern policy adapted to the realities of the 21st century.

With its expert contributions from political science, economics, geography, and anthropology, this book represents the first comprehensive study in the Western literature of federal politics towards the Russian North. In addition to mapping the scope for federal governance, it covers such important issues such as infrastructure development, natural resource management, environmental affairs, and policies towards indigenous peoples.

Contents

Chapter 1 List of Figures
Chapter 2 List of Tables
Chapter 3 Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 Map of the Russian North
Chapter 5 The Russian North- An Introduction
Chapter 6 What's to be done with the North?
Chapter 7 Economic Geography: Dispersion and Centralization
Chapter 8 Transport Infrastructure: Continued Federal Involvement in the North
Chapter 9 Whose Fish: Federal Property or Northern Asset?
Chapter 10 Hydrocarbon Resources and Northern Development
Chapter 11 The Ups and Downs of Environmental Governance
Chapter 12 The Evolution of Federal Indigenous Policy in the Post-Soviet North
Chapter 13 The Burden and Blessing of Space
Chapter 14 Index
Chapter 15 About the Contributors