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Globalization is often mentioned as an important issue facing the Arctic. When experts discuss the impacts of climate change on the region, here loosely defined as Alaska, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the northern areas of Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Canada, they often note that climate change and globalization are perhaps the most important stressors in the region (IPPC, 2001; ACIA, 2004). It is not unusual to see declarations that all recent social, economic, and cultural changes in the region are being influenced by, or is the result of, globalization. Yet there are very few studies that have actually tried to look at the impact of globalization on the region in any sort of depth. One reason may be that it is not a very well-defined concept. Arctic researchers may shy away from a term that, while important and popular, lacks analytical precision.
In part, the recent popularity of the term is related to its vagueness. While there appears to be a...
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Southcott, C. (2014). Globalization, Arctic. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_1178
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