Resources,Rights and Communities: Extractive Mega-Projects and Local People in the Russian Arctic |
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Authors: | Florian Stammler Aitalina Ivanova |
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Institution: | 1. Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, PL 122, 96101 Rovaniemi, Finland;2. Faculty of Law, North Eastern Federal University, Ul Belinskogo 58, 677000 Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia |
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Abstract: | Industry in the twenty-first century advances to ever-remoter regions, seen as ‘periphery’ from the point of view of headquarters and capital cities, while for local people these areas are the core of their world. This article investigates the encounter between communities, regulatory authorities and industry in the Russian Arctic. Using cases from Sakha (Yakutiya), we analyse how communities organise for coexistence of traditional livelihoods with big industrial projects in what we call state-led resource development. Our analysis shows the surprising room for agency that development agendas in a centralised state nonetheless leave for local people so far. |
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