Young People, Wellbeing and Sustainable Arctic Communities
Stammler, Florian
Young People, Wellbeing and Sustainable Arctic Communities - Taylor & Francis 2021 - 1 electronic resource (264 p.)
Open Access
Youth are usually not (yet) decision makers in politics or in business corporations, but the sustainability of Arctic settlements depends on whether or not youth envision such places as offering opportunities for a good future. This is the first multidisciplinary volume presenting original research on Arctic youth. This edited book presents the results of two research projects on youth wellbeing and senses of place in the Arctic region. The contributions are united by their focus on agency. Rather than seeing youth as vulnerable and possible victims of decisions by others, they illustrate the diverse avenues that youth pursue to achieve a good life in the Arctic. The contributions also show which social, economic, political and legal conditions provide the best frame for youth agency in Arctic settlements. Rather than portraying the Arctic as a resource frontier, a hotspot for climate change and a place where biodiversity and traditional Indigenous cultures are under threat, the book introduces the Arctic as a place for opportunities, the realization of life trajectories and young people's images of home. Rooted in anthropology, the chapters also feature contributions from the fields of sociology, geography, sustainability science, legal studies and political science. This book is intended for an audience interested in anthropology, political science, Arctic urban studies, youth studies, Arctic social sciences and humanities in general. It would attract those working on Arctic sustainability, wellbeing in the Arctic, Arctic demography and overall wellbeing of youth.
Creative Commons
English
9781003110019 9781000464672 9780367626297 9781003110019 9780367626303
10.4324/9781003110019 doi
Geography
Human geography
arctic communities arctic lifecourse arctic people arctic placemaking arctic wellbeing arctic young people arctic youth everyday life in the arctic sustainability in the arctic sustainable arctic communities
Young People, Wellbeing and Sustainable Arctic Communities - Taylor & Francis 2021 - 1 electronic resource (264 p.)
Open Access
Youth are usually not (yet) decision makers in politics or in business corporations, but the sustainability of Arctic settlements depends on whether or not youth envision such places as offering opportunities for a good future. This is the first multidisciplinary volume presenting original research on Arctic youth. This edited book presents the results of two research projects on youth wellbeing and senses of place in the Arctic region. The contributions are united by their focus on agency. Rather than seeing youth as vulnerable and possible victims of decisions by others, they illustrate the diverse avenues that youth pursue to achieve a good life in the Arctic. The contributions also show which social, economic, political and legal conditions provide the best frame for youth agency in Arctic settlements. Rather than portraying the Arctic as a resource frontier, a hotspot for climate change and a place where biodiversity and traditional Indigenous cultures are under threat, the book introduces the Arctic as a place for opportunities, the realization of life trajectories and young people's images of home. Rooted in anthropology, the chapters also feature contributions from the fields of sociology, geography, sustainability science, legal studies and political science. This book is intended for an audience interested in anthropology, political science, Arctic urban studies, youth studies, Arctic social sciences and humanities in general. It would attract those working on Arctic sustainability, wellbeing in the Arctic, Arctic demography and overall wellbeing of youth.
Creative Commons
English
9781003110019 9781000464672 9780367626297 9781003110019 9780367626303
10.4324/9781003110019 doi
Geography
Human geography
arctic communities arctic lifecourse arctic people arctic placemaking arctic wellbeing arctic young people arctic youth everyday life in the arctic sustainability in the arctic sustainable arctic communities