Tackling space : federal politics and the Russian North
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Tackling space : federal politics and the Russian North
University Press of America, c2006
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description
The North is intrinsic to the way most outsiders imagine Russia: snow, long winters and the endless Siberian forests. Indeed, about 70 percent of the country's territory is defined as belonging to the North. These inhospitable tracts contain immense natural wealth, and large cities were constructed in Soviet times to supply the labor force for extraction industries. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian North has become both a burden and an asset. It is overdeveloped, with its now obsolete mono-industrial towns, and underdeveloped, with its still largely untapped natural resources. Today's Russian authorities face the challenge of developing a new Northern policy adapted to the realities of the 21st century. With its expert contributions from political science, economics, geography, and anthropology, this book represents the first comprehensive study in the Western literature of federal politics towards the Russian North. In addition to mapping the scope for federal governance, it covers such important issues such as infrastructure development, natural resource management, environmental affairs, and policies towards indigenous peoples.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 List of Figures Chapter 2 List of Tables Chapter 3 Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Map of the Russian North Chapter 5 The Russian North- An Introduction Chapter 6 What's to be done with the North? Chapter 7 Economic Geography: Dispersion and Centralization Chapter 8 Transport Infrastructure: Continued Federal Involvement in the North Chapter 9 Whose Fish: Federal Property or Northern Asset? Chapter 10 Hydrocarbon Resources and Northern Development Chapter 11 The Ups and Downs of Environmental Governance Chapter 12 The Evolution of Federal Indigenous Policy in the Post-Soviet North Chapter 13 The Burden and Blessing of Space Chapter 14 Index Chapter 15 About the Contributors
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