02706nam 2200529 450 991049474110332120170821192029.00-85745-282-7(CKB)2550000001238820(EBL)1659341(SSID)ssj0001211697(PQKBManifestationID)11832079(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001211697(PQKBWorkID)11205391(PQKB)10982333(MiAaPQ)EBC1659341(EXLCZ)99255000000123882020140421h20112011 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCoping with distances producing Nordic Atlantic societies /Jørgen Ole Bærenholdt, Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University and Department of Planning and Community Studies, University of TromsøNew York :Berghahn Books,[2011]©20111 online resource (310 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85745-144-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.COPING WITH DISTANCES; CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS, FIGURES AND PHOTOGRAPHS; PREFACE; 1. COPING ON THE MARGINS; 2. EMPOWERING RESEARCH; 3. NORDIC ATLANTIC SOCIETIES EMERGING; 4. FORMATIVE TRANSPORTS; 5. NETS AND FLOWS I: FISHERIES; 6. NETS AND FLOWS II: TOURISM; 7. INHABITING WELFARE MUNICIPALITIES; 8. THE AMBIVALENCES OF NORDICITY; 9. TRANSNATIONALISM AND 'SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT'; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX The Nordic Atlantic area has seen remarkable examples of social formations in areas that many would perceive as too remote to allow the construction of functioning communities. But through innovations, networking and the formation of identities people have coped with distances, thus continuously rebuilding societies in Northern Norway, Iceland, the Faroes, and Greenland. Living conditions in the Nordic Atlantic are so extreme that one might ask whether the notion of society is applicable under these circumstances. The author argues that, yes, there is a meaningful way of comprehending theseCommunicationSocial aspectsScandinaviaScandinaviaSocial conditionsNorth Atlantic RegionSocial conditionsElectronic books.CommunicationSocial aspects943.6/04943.604Bærenholdt Jørgen Ole1049215MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910494741103321Coping with distances2478029UNINA