North America's Arctic Borders : A World of Change.

Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Theoretical Frameworks -- The Challenges for North American Arctic Border Studies -- The Structure of This Volume -- 1. Lines on the Land and Sea -- Evolving North Territorial Claims and International Borders -- Westphalia and the Rules of Colonization -- Establishing the Claims -- Sovereignty and Terra Nullius -- Establishing Colonial Empires -- Lines on the Land -- Maritime Borders Defined and Disputed -- Who Owns the Northwest Passage? -- Conclusions -- 2. Governance of the North American Arctic -- The Arctic Council and International Co-operation -- The North American North and Arctic Council Co-operation -- Other International Frameworks for Co-operation -- Treaties and Binding Agreements -- UNCLOS or Arctic Council? -- Subnational and Indigenous Governance -- Conclusions -- 3. Culture of the Arctic Borderlands -- Colonial Divide -- Greenlandic Experience -- Shaping New Borders Within -- Resisting the International Border -- Sovereignty and Indigenous Agency -- Conclusions -- 4. Trade, Economies, and Flows -- Globalization and Regional Trends -- North-South Borders of Trade -- Global Trends in Investment -- Globalization and Labour Migration -- Existing Regional Infrastructures -- International Regulatory Frameworks -- Regional Forums for Economic Co-operation -- Conclusions -- 5. Sustainability in the Arctic Borderlands -- The Roots of Environmental Regional Co-operation -- The Emergence of Sustainable Development and Environmental Multilateralism in the Circumpolar North -- Environmental Co-operation: From Intergovernmental Forums to Global Frameworks -- Emerging Co-management Trends in Cross-Border Water Management -- Managing Freshwater Bodies across Arctic Borders.

Recent Trends in Regional Environmental Co-operation -- Conclusions -- 6. Security -- A History of Conventional Security Concerns in North America -- Managing Geopolitical Threats Through Defence Co-operation -- Arctic Strategies -- Human Security -- Conclusions -- Conclusion -- Reference List -- List of Contributors -- Back cover.

This book examines North America's Arctic andsub-Arctic borders and their changing relevance in a global world. Its point isthat North America's Arctic borders are being dramatically reshaped by globalizationin various forms, at the same time that they are adjusting to new internalpressures.

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