Resources, Rights and Communities: Extractive Mega-Projects and Local People in the Russian Arctic

Florian Stammler and Aitalina Ivanova

Europe-Asia Studies, 2016, vol. 68, issue 7, 1220-1244

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.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2016.1222605

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