LEADER 04745nam 22008055 450 001 9910255308503321 005 20240307131115.0 010 $a9781137501868 010 $a1137501863 024 7 $a10.1057/9781137501868 035 $a(OCoLC)951623799 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL029E 035 $a(CKB)3710000000725674 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4716398 035 $a(MiFhGG)9781137501868 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-50186-8 035 $a(Perlego)3499027 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000725674 100 $a20160608d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Changing Arctic $eConsensus Building and Governance in the Arctic Council /$fby D. Nord 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 186 pages) 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781349699292 311 08$a1349699292 311 08$a9781137501851 311 08$a1137501855 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: -- 1. An Introduction 2. Placing the Arctic within Analytical and Theoretical Frameworks 3. Efforts at Creating an Arctic Regime 4. The Swedish Chairmanship 5. The Project Unfolds 6. Assessing the Accomplishments of the Swedish Chairmanship 7. Considering the Future. Bibliography. 330 $aOver the last few years the Arctic has become a region of growing interest to the international community. Major environmental, economic, social, and security issues are all in evidence within its borders today. Many feel that there is an urgent need to establish an effective governance structure for the area. The Arctic Council has offered a basic forum for circumpolar consultation and cooperation over the past two decades. However, it has not been an easy undertaking and the organization has had to wrestle with a series of internal and external impediments that have hindered its forward progress. This volume explores the efforts of Sweden, a recent Chair of the Arctic Council, to build an enhanced framework for consensus-building and governance within the circumpolar region. It examines its efforts to provide focused leadership for the Arctic Council and to advance the environmental protection and sustainable development missions of the organization. It considers the various means by which Sweden utilized its position as chair of the Arctic Council to promote its program for action in both these areas. It also explores how this leadership position enabled it to foster necessary organizational reform within the body. The book gives new insight into how both the formal and informal 'powers of the chair' can be utilized to facilitate institutional growth and change. It also provides new and useful understanding of how a small country like Sweden can harness key elements of'soft power' to advance its foreign policy objectives in the Arctic. The author closely followed the undertakings of the Swedish Chairmanship team over its two years at the helm of this emerging Arctic international organization. He witnessed its several successes and a few of its disappointments. The volume offers a behind the scene view of the challenges and opportunities faced by contemporary diplomats as they pursue their efforts at international organization. 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aEnvironmental policy 606 $aInternational organization 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aEnvironmental economics 606 $aDiplomacy 606 $aInternational Relations 606 $aEnvironmental Policy 606 $aInternational Organization 606 $aPolitical Science 606 $aEnvironmental Economics 606 $aDiplomacy 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 0$aEnvironmental policy. 615 0$aInternational organization. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aEnvironmental economics. 615 0$aDiplomacy. 615 14$aInternational Relations. 615 24$aEnvironmental Policy. 615 24$aInternational Organization. 615 24$aPolitical Science. 615 24$aEnvironmental Economics. 615 24$aDiplomacy. 676 $a341.4/5091632 686 $aBUS099000$aPOL011010$aPOL025000$aPOL028000$aPOL040020$2bisacsh 700 $aNord$b D$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01063038 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910255308503321 996 $aThe Changing Arctic$92529791 997 $aUNINA