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Social Science General

Migration in the Circumpolar North

Issues and Contexts

edited by Lee Huskey & Chris Southcott

Publisher
The University of Alberta Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2010
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896445489
    Publish Date
    Jan 2010
    List Price
    $43.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781772122084
    Publish Date
    Jan 2010
    List Price
    $43.99

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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.

About the authors

Lee Huskey's profile page

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.

Chris Southcott's profile page