Legacies and Change in Polar Sciences: Historical, Legal and by Monica Tennberg,Jessica M, Dr Shadian,Dr Tennberg Monica

By Monica Tennberg,Jessica M, Dr Shadian,Dr Tennberg Monica

Providing case examine analyses of the politics of technology in and round the foreign Polar 12 months of 2007–2008, this quantity makes a special contribution to ongoing study targeting the connection among technological know-how, foreign politics, legislations and background. The participants mix either interdisciplinary and multi-theoretical techniques to interact without delay with the latest debates in diplomacy scholarship, to incorporate discussions of arctic weather swap, governance matters, reflections at the Antarctic Treaty and the science–geopolitics interface among others. this can be the 1st entire account to appear explicitly on the dating among international politics and technology via an account of the overseas Polar Years.

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