Arctic Politics and Governance
Regional livelihoods meet global politics
As oceans warm, habitats change, and animals migrate, the Arctic Biome will soon look different from the collective understanding of the region. Climatological definitions of the Arctic are a dynamic… Read more »
Out of all of the theories explained in chapter one, I would say that social constructivism most aligns with my thinking on the subject. The approach to emerging issues and… Read more »
All theories of International Relations make compelling arguments in regards to state behavior in an international system. Personally, I believe that the realist perspective makes the most accurate assumptions on… Read more »
Out of all of the International Relations theories, I would argue that Realism best explains how I think about International relationships and problem solving. Typically when looking at international conflicts,… Read more »
In terms of the way that I view global problems I would say I am mostly a Marxist with a bit of social constructivism thrown in, since it often gets… Read more »
To me, there are pieces of Realism, Liberalism, and Marxism that are all pertinent in today’s political world. For this reason, I believe that Social Constructivism is the most correlated… Read more »
In reading Hough chapter 1, I felt that his explanation of the Marxist view of international relations was most relatable to my own sense of international political structures. While we… Read more »
I’ve usually characterized the ‘Arctic’ in a literal sense, being anywhere located within the Arctic Circle. Hough describes this view of the Arctic in the textbook as the scientific definition,… Read more »
Before reading this chapter, I never really questioned what the Arctic was. I just knew in my bones that I was an Arctic dweller, but couldn’t have articulated why. The… Read more »