Full Description
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.
Contents
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
