Prelims
Politics and Development in the North American Arctic
ISBN: 978-1-80043-717-3, eISBN: 978-1-80043-716-6
Publication date: 1 September 2021
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Czarny, R.S., Tomala, M. and Wrońska, I. (2021), "Prelims", Politics and Development in the North American Arctic, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-xi. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-716-620211007
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Copyright © 2021 Roman S. Czarny, Magdalena Tomala and Iwona Wrońska. Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited
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Politics and Development in the North American Arctic
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Politics and Development in the North American Arctic
Examining the Regional Consequences of Climate Change
by
Roman S. Czarny
Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland
Magdalena Tomala
Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland
And
Iwona Wrońska
Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland
United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China
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List of Figures and Tables
| Figure 1.1. | (A) Picture on the Left-hand side: The United States and Alaska (in Red). (B) International Waters Separating Russia and the United States. |
| Figure 1.2 | Greenlandic Consumption (Disposable GNI), Production (GDP), and the Block Grant including Danish State Expenditure in Billion. |
| Figure 1.3. | Gross Domestic Product in Greenland in Years (in DKK Billion). |
| Table 1. | The Payout Matrix in the Prisoner's Dilemma Concept. |
| Table 1.1. | Federal Support to the Territories in 2018/2019. |
| Table 3.1. | Total Score for National Implementation Action Progress in Each Assessment Area. |
List of Abbreviations
- ACIA
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Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
- AEPS
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Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy
- AGP
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Arctic Governance Project
- AMAP
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Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program
- ANFP
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Arctic and Norther Policy Framework
- CARC
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Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
- CAFF
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Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
- CLCS
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Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
- ECS
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Extended Continental Shelf
- IASC
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International Arctic Science Committee
- ICC
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Innuit Circumpolar Conference
- IPCC
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- PAME
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Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment
- NWT
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Northwest Territories
- NASA
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- PCIJ
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Permanent Court of International Justice
- RCMP
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- TFSDU
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Task Force on Sustainable Development and Utilization
- UNCLOS
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United Nations Convention on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
- UNDRIP
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- WWF
-
World Wildlife Found
About the Authors
Roman S. Czarny, PhD – Assistant Professor at the Department of Law and Social Sciences of the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland. Graduate of Jagiellonian University in Kraków (MA in English) and California State University in Dominguez Hills (MA in TESL, English Rhetoric and Composition); received his doctorate in Social Sciences at the University of Kielce; Consul of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles (1991–1997, 2000–2004) and Chicago (1999–2000); specializes in public and cultural diplomacy, diplomatic, consular and foreign relations, international security and climate change, and the US and Arctic issues; published translator of literary and scientific books, essays, articles, film, and TV subtitles. Author of several scholarly articles and two monographs, the latest one: The United States as an Arctic Country.
Magdalena Tomala, PhD, hab. – Professor at the Department of Law and Social Sciences of Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce; specializes in international relations in the Baltic Sea region, the Nordic region, and the Arctic area; author of two monographs. One of them Greenland in the System of International Relations in the Light of the Theory of World-Systems by Immanuel Wallerstein relates to the Arctic North. Editor of two collective publications and three journals.
Iwona Wrońska, PhD, hab. – Professor of Political Science at the Department of Law and Social Sciences of the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce. Completed her PhD and habilitation in Comparative Politics (Silesian University, Katowice); fellow at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Cambridge University, UK; research associate at the Department of Political Science and EURUS, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada; specializes in comparative dimensions of various policies comprising the North. Author of several scholarly articles and three monographs.