8: Perspectives from the Top: Justice, International Relations and the Political Geography of the Arctic

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31 Jul 2024
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121–138
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https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529226683.ch008
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This chapter reflects on the relationship between International Relations theory, theories of justice and the Arctic. It discusses how the ‘perspectives from the top’ can be understood from expressions of geography, environmental processes, as well as politics and decision-making. In answering three questions, it considers what is the role of justice in shaping research interests, how ideals of justice influence engagement with research participants and research practices, and, finally, what justice contributes to understandings of the Arctic. It concludes that justice is a vector that can bring a more nuanced understanding of the scales and substance of injustice to create pathways towards bringing about more just conditions not only for the Arctic but for all of the international system.

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