Sinevaara-Niskanen, Setting the Stage for Arctic Development - Politics of Knowledge and the Power of Presence

An ambition to know the arctic, its resources and potential has been and continues to be a driving force in Arctic politics and the work of the Arctic Council. The Council, a regional intergovernmental forum, has an acknowledged status as a producer and provider of knowledge on, for and to the region. This dissertation takes a critical view of this politics of knowledge by investigating the power embedded in and exercised through it. Focusing on the Council and its Sustainable Development...