The Scramble for the Poles: The Geopolitics of the Arctic and Antarctic

Author:   Klaus Dodds (Royal Holloway, University of London) ,  Mark Nuttall
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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9780745652450


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   16 October 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Klaus Dodds (Royal Holloway, University of London) ,  Mark Nuttall
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Polity Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9780745652450


ISBN 10:   074565245
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   16 October 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Figures and Maps Chapter 1: Scrambling for the Extraordinary Chapter 2: Making and Remaking the Polar Regions Chapter 3: Under Ice and Snow Chapter 4: Governing the Arctic and Antarctic Chapter 5: New Resource Frontiers Chapter 6: Opening up the Poles Chapter 7: Polar Demands and Demanding Polar Regions Notes References

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A rich historical, geopolitical and social anthropoligical account of soverign space-making practices. International Affairs Leading polar scholars Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall reveal the nuances in the scramble for the poles, as they are unveiled by the potent combination of climate change and enabling technologies in a context of resource pursuit and the changing global order. Polar security in the broadest sense, depends on constraining this scramble over coming decades. Alan D. Hemmings, Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury This powerful book details the myriad contrasts and connections between the contemporary Polar Regions. Using the metaphor of scrambles, Dodds and Nuttall provide a major, comparative statement for the future social and political study of the poles. Richard Powell, University of Oxford


"""A rich historical, geopolitical and social anthropoligical account of soverign space-making practices.""  International Affairs ""Leading polar scholars Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall reveal the nuances in the scramble for the poles, as they are unveiled by the potent combination of climate change and enabling technologies in a context of resource pursuit and the changing global order. Polar security in the broadest sense, depends on constraining this scramble over coming decades."" Alan D. Hemmings, Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury ""This powerful book details the myriad contrasts and connections between the contemporary Polar Regions. Using the metaphor of scrambles, Dodds and Nuttall provide a major, comparative statement for the future social and political study of the poles."" Richard Powell, University of Oxford ""A thought-provoking book."" Polar Record"


A rich historical, geopolitical and social anthropoligical account of soverign space-making practices. International Affairs Leading polar scholars Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall reveal the nuances in the scramble for the poles, as they are unveiled by the potent combination of climate change and enabling technologies in a context of resource pursuit and the changing global order. Polar security in the broadest sense, depends on constraining this scramble over coming decades. Alan D. Hemmings, Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury This powerful book details the myriad contrasts and connections between the contemporary Polar Regions. Using the metaphor of scrambles, Dodds and Nuttall provide a major, comparative statement for the future social and political study of the poles. Richard Powell, University of Oxford


Leading polar scholars Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall reveal the nuances in the scramble for the poles, as they are unveiled by the potent combination of climate change and enabling technologies in a context of resource pursuit and the changing global order. Polar security in the broadest sense, depends on constraining this scramble over coming decades. Alan D. Hemmings, Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury This powerful book details the myriad contrasts and connections between the contemporary Polar Regions. Using the metaphor of scrambles, Dodds and Nuttall provide a major, comparative statement for the future social and political study of the poles. Richard Powell, University of Oxford


A rich historical, geopolitical and social anthropoligical account of soverign space-making practices. International Affairs Leading polar scholars Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall reveal the nuances in the scramble for the poles, as they are unveiled by the potent combination of climate change and enabling technologies in a context of resource pursuit and the changing global order. Polar security in the broadest sense, depends on constraining this scramble over coming decades. Alan D. Hemmings, Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury This powerful book details the myriad contrasts and connections between the contemporary Polar Regions. Using the metaphor of scrambles, Dodds and Nuttall provide a major, comparative statement for the future social and political study of the poles. Richard Powell, University of Oxford


Author Information

Klaus Dodds is Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London. Mark Nuttall is Professor and Henry Marshall Tory Chair at the University of Alberta, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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