Lines of possession? The anxious constitution of a polar geopolitics

Political Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 74-77

  Powell, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; Critical geopolitics; Indigenous peoples; Law of the Sea; Sovereignty

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GEOPOLITICS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAW OF THE SEA; POLAR REGION; SOVEREIGNTY; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 77951620049     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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