Paperback
978-1-896445-48-9Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 240
Pages: 240
Migration in the Circumpolar North
Issues and Contexts
Occasional Publications Series
Edited by Lee Huskey and Chris Southcott
This book provides an introduction to the study of migration in the circumpolar north, a region that includes the northern parts of eight Arctic nations (Canada, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Greenland and the US). The Norths in each of these eight countries share certain demographic and environmental characteristics as well as an economic base dependent on natural resource production. In much of the north, indigenous populations continue to practice place-specific traditional economic activities. This volume provides an overview of the causes and consequences of migration behavior in the northern regions of most Arctic countries and discusses policy issues that arise from the recent northern migration experience. The divergent institutional, economic, and policy histories in similar environmental circumstances suggest that much can be learned by comparing and contrasting the migration experience around the circumpolar north.
Book details
Publication date: January 2010Features: 26 maps, 35 figures, 38 tables, references, CD-ROM insert
Series: Occasional Publications Series
Keywords: Circumpolar / Migration / Arctic
Subject(s): SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Area Studies, Area Studies / Northern & Polar Studies, Circumpolar / Migration / Arctic, Circumpolar / Migration / Arctic, Sociology
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press
Book details
Publication date: January 2010Features: 26 maps, 35 figures, 38 tables, references, CD-ROM insert
Series: Occasional Publications Series
Keywords: Circumpolar / Migration / Arctic
Subject(s): SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Area Studies, Area Studies / Northern & Polar Studies, Circumpolar / Migration / Arctic, Circumpolar / Migration / Arctic, Sociology
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press
Lee Huskey.
Chris Southcott. Chris Southcott has been involved in community-based research in the circumpolar north for over 26 years. He has published over 100 scientific reports, books, chapters, and articles dealing with social and economic change in Northern Canada and the rest of the circumpolar world.
Lee Huskey.
Chris Southcott. Chris Southcott has been involved in community-based research in the circumpolar north for over 26 years. He has published over 100 scientific reports, books, chapters, and articles dealing with social and economic change in Northern Canada and the rest of the circumpolar world.