Palgrave Handbook of Arctic Policy and Politics

Ken S. Coates is Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.Carin Holroyd is Associate Professor of Political Studies at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

“A conservative collection done well – as this one is – certainly has its place in the burgeoning international scholarship of the Arctic. I envisage three contexts in which the Handbook will undoubtedly demonstrate its value. First of all, for scholars in any field seeking a primer on the Arctic. Second for experts in some Arctic-related disciplines, such as law or security studies … . Third, this anthology is a very good resource … .” (Nordicum-Mediterraneum, Vol. 17 (1), March, 2022)

• 1. Introduction: The Circumpolar Dimensions of the Governance of the Arctic.- Part I: Indigenous Peoples and Arctic Social Dynamics.- 2. Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic: Re-taking Control of the Far North.- 3. Indigenous Internationalism in the Arctic.- 4. Demographic Changes in the Arctic.- 5. State Expansion and Indigenous Response in the Arctic - A Globally Integrated Northern Borderland Emerges from the Historical Synthesis of Northern Frontier and Northern Homeland.- 6. The Economy of the Arctic.- 7.  Extractive  Energy and Arctic Communities.- 8. Innovation, New Technologies, and the Future of the Circumpolar North.- 9.  Arctic Advanced Education and Research.- 10. Circumpolar Business Development – The Paradox of Governance?.- 11. Multinational Corporations in the Arctic: From Colonial-era Chartered Companies to Contemporary Co-management and Collaborative Governance.- 12. The Future of Work in the Arctic.- Part III Policies of Arctic Nations.- 13. Russia's Arctic Regions and Policies.- 14. Government, Policies, and Priorities in Kalaalit Nunaat (Greenland): Roads to Independence.- 15. Arctic Policy of the United States: An Historical Survey.- 16. Iceland as an Arctic State.- 17. Svalbard: International Relations in an Exceptionally International Territory. 18. Europe’s North: The Arctic Policies of Sweden, Norway, and Finland.- Part IV: The Arctic and International Relations.- 19. The Arctic in International Affairs.- 20. East Asia (Japan, South Korea, and China) and the Arctic.- 21. The History of USA-Russia Relations in the Bering Strait.- 22. Canada and Russia in an Evolving Circumpolar Arctic.- Part V: Arctic Legal and Institutional Systems.-  23. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Arctic Ocean.- 24. Arctic Policy Developments and Maritime Transportation.- 25. Emergence of a New Ocean: How to React to Massive Change?.- 26. International Indigenous Rights Law and Contextualized Decolonization of the Arctic.- 27. The Future of the Arctic Council.- Part VI: Arctic Security.- 28. The Evolving North American Security Context: Can Security Be Traditional?.- 29. The Arctic and Geopolitics.- 30. The Militarization of the Arctic to the 1990.- 31. Arctic Climate Change: Local Impacts, Global Consequences, and Policy Implications.- Part VII: Reflections on Future of the Arctic.- 32. The Future of the Arctic: Policy Prospects for the Twenty-First Century.- 33. Dotting the Ice.