The Arctic Contested: (28 Études canadiennes – Canadian Studies)

In recent decades, and in particular as a result of global climate change, the significance of the Arctic has radically shifted, from a remote periphery to a region of intensifying political and academic interest and of conflicting interests. This collection of texts examines in particular how national and international politics and law impact on Arctic governance, communications and indigenous rights; and in parallel, explores perceptions and experiences of the North in literature and the dramatic arts. The book thus offers a platform for cross-disciplinary dialogue, in order to highlight that the Arctic is too multi-faceted and complex for any one discipline or approach adequately to encompass.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Keith Battarbee/John Erik Fossum: Contesting the Arctic. Territory and Politics - Douglas C. Nord: Responding to Change in the North. Comparing Recent Canadian and American Foreign Policies in the Arctic - David G. Haglund/Joseph T. Jockel: Asia as a Complicating Factor in Canada-US Northern Diplomacy - John Kennair: A Canadian Dire Strait. The Northwest Passage from a Legalist Perspective - Michael Byers: Cold Peace. Arctic Cooperation and Canadian Foreign Policy - Steffen Weber/Iulian Romanyshyn: Breaking the Ice. The European Union and the Arctic - Stephane Roussel/Jean-Francois Payette: The Other Sovereignties. Quebec and the Arctic - Keith Battarbee/John Erik Fossum: Living in the Arctic. Indigenous Perspectives and Issues - Donna Patrick: Inuit in Canada - Mary Simon: Canadian Inuit. Where we have been and where we are going - Else Grete Broderstad/Hans-Kristian Hernes: The Promises of Consultations? - Brian Ballantyne: Aboriginal Title. Bounds and Parcels of Aboriginal Lands in Canada and Norway - Keith Battarbee: Shifting Language Policy Priorities in Arctic North America. Pragmatism, Privilege, and Political Correctness - Keith Battarbee/John Erik Fossum: Experiencing the Arctic. Representations and Responses - Sherrill Grace: "We Stand on Guard". The "True North Strong and Free" War, the Arts, and the Canadian North - Janne Korkka: "Stillness destroys them". Northern Space and Movement in Rudy Wiebe's Writing - Aritha Van Herk: North. Of Beauty, Of Love, and Of Stairways to Heaven.

About the Author :
Keith Battarbee is a former Senior Lecturer in English, and founder and coordinator of the North American Studies program, at the University of Turku, Finland. His current research is focused on language policy issues in multiple-language societies. He holds a BA and PhD in English from the University of Cambridge, and before moving to Finland taught at the University of Tubingen, Germany. He is a former President of the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies (NACS), and now divides his time between the UK and Finland. John Erik Fossum is a Professor at the ARENA Center for European Studies, University of Oslo, and Vice President, Nordic Association for Canadian Studies. He studied Political Science at the University of Bergen, Norway, and took a Master's at the University of California in Santa Barbara and his PhD at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Before moving to ARENA he taught at the University of Bergen. He is author and co-author of many publications relating to issues of constitutionalism and democracy in Canada, Norway and the European Union.