Legacies and change in polar sciences historical, legal and political reflections on the International Polar Year

Providing case study analyses of the politics of science in and around the International Polar Year of 2007-2008, this volume makes a distinct contribution to ongoing research focusing on the relationship between science, international politics, law and history. The contributors combine both interdi...

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Other Authors: Shadian, Jessica Michelle (Editor), Tennberg, Monica (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 2016
Series:Global interdisciplinary studies series
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Whose Arctic? Constructing Arctic Politics through Claims of Knowledge-- A Changing Arctic Climate: More than Just Weather
  • Revisiting Politics and Science in the Poles: IPY and the Governance of Science in Post-Westphalia
  • Science, Cooperation and Conflict in the Arctic Region
  • IPY Field Stations: Functions and Meanings
  • Part II: Whose Environment? Science and Politics in Antarctica
  • Antarctic Science, Politics and IPY Legacies
  • 6 The IPY and the Antarctic Treaty System: Reflections 50 Years Later
  • The Formation and Context of the Chilean Antarctic Mentality from the Colonial Era through the IGY
  • Biological Prospecting in the Southern Polar Region: Science-Geopolitics Interface
  • Three Spirals of Power/Knowledge: Scientific Laboratories, Environmental Panopticons and Emerging Biopolitics