Arctic strategies of sub-national regions : Why and how sub-national regions of Northern Finland and Sweden mobilize as Arctic stakeholders

Arctic strategies of sub-national regions : Why and how sub-national regions of Northern Finland and Sweden mobilize as Arctic stakeholders

The stakes are high in the Arctic region in terms of economic opportunities, environmental challenges and political interests, not least considering the fact that stakeholders include the most powerful nations in the world. This study departs from the notion that sub-national levels of government, i...

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Main Author: Eliasson, Kristoffer
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen 2015
Subjects:
Arctic
governance
Sweden
Finland
sub-national
regional
mobilize
stakeholder
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Statsvetenskap (exklusive studier av offentlig förvaltning och globaliseringsstudier)
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-umu-1227602018-01-11T05:11:35ZArctic strategies of sub-national regions : Why and how sub-national regions of Northern Finland and Sweden mobilize as Arctic stakeholdersengEliasson, KristofferUmeå universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen2015ArcticgovernanceSwedenFinlandsub-nationalregionalmobilizestakeholderPolitical Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)Statsvetenskap (exklusive studier av offentlig förvaltning och globaliseringsstudier)The stakes are high in the Arctic region in terms of economic opportunities, environmental challenges and political interests, not least considering the fact that stakeholders include the most powerful nations in the world. This study departs from the notion that sub-national levels of government, in areas most affected by developments in the Arctic; risk being put in the background in favor of high-level and high-tension politics. Using theories on paradiplomacy and marginality, this study makes a comparative analysis of why and how northern sub-national regions in two non-littoral Arctic states mobilize in the context.  Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-122760application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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language English
format Others
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topic Arctic
governance
Sweden
Finland
sub-national
regional
mobilize
stakeholder
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Statsvetenskap (exklusive studier av offentlig förvaltning och globaliseringsstudier)
spellingShingle Arctic
governance
Sweden
Finland
sub-national
regional
mobilize
stakeholder
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Statsvetenskap (exklusive studier av offentlig förvaltning och globaliseringsstudier)
Eliasson, Kristoffer
Arctic strategies of sub-national regions : Why and how sub-national regions of Northern Finland and Sweden mobilize as Arctic stakeholders
description The stakes are high in the Arctic region in terms of economic opportunities, environmental challenges and political interests, not least considering the fact that stakeholders include the most powerful nations in the world. This study departs from the notion that sub-national levels of government, in areas most affected by developments in the Arctic; risk being put in the background in favor of high-level and high-tension politics. Using theories on paradiplomacy and marginality, this study makes a comparative analysis of why and how northern sub-national regions in two non-littoral Arctic states mobilize in the context. 
author Eliasson, Kristoffer
author_facet Eliasson, Kristoffer
author_sort Eliasson, Kristoffer
title Arctic strategies of sub-national regions : Why and how sub-national regions of Northern Finland and Sweden mobilize as Arctic stakeholders
title_short Arctic strategies of sub-national regions : Why and how sub-national regions of Northern Finland and Sweden mobilize as Arctic stakeholders
title_full Arctic strategies of sub-national regions : Why and how sub-national regions of Northern Finland and Sweden mobilize as Arctic stakeholders
title_fullStr Arctic strategies of sub-national regions : Why and how sub-national regions of Northern Finland and Sweden mobilize as Arctic stakeholders
title_full_unstemmed Arctic strategies of sub-national regions : Why and how sub-national regions of Northern Finland and Sweden mobilize as Arctic stakeholders
title_sort arctic strategies of sub-national regions : why and how sub-national regions of northern finland and sweden mobilize as arctic stakeholders
publisher Umeå universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
publishDate 2015
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