The Arctic Contested

Nordic and North American political scientists look at territory and politics in the Arctic, indigenous perspectives in the Arctic, and representations and experiences of the Arctic. Among their topics are Asia as a complicating factor in Canada-US northern diplomacy, Arctic cooperation and Canadian foreign policy, Inuit in Canada, bounds and parcels of aboriginal lands in Canada and Norway, shifting language policy priorities in Arctic North America, and northern space and movement in Rudy Wiebe's writing. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Keith Battarbee is a former Senior Lecturer in English, and founder and coordinator of the North American Studies program, at the University of Turku, Finland. His current research is focused on language policy issues in multiple-language societies. He holds a BA and PhD in English from the University of Cambridge, and before moving to Finland taught at the University of Tubingen, Germany. He is a former President of the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies (NACS), and now divides his time between the UK and Finland.
John Erik Fossum is a Professor at the ARENA Center for European Studies, University of Oslo, and Vice President, Nordic Association for Canadian Studies. He studied Political Science at the University of Bergen, Norway, and took a Master’s at the University of California in Santa Barbara and his PhD at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Before moving to ARENA he taught at the University of Bergen. He is author and co-author of many publications relating to issues of constitutionalism and democracy in Canada, Norway and the European Union.