Human Migration in the Arctic: The Past, Present, and Future

by Satu Uusiautti (Editor), Nafisa Yeasmin (Editor)

Overview

This book discusses the past, present, and future of migration in the Arctic. It addresses many of the critical dynamics of immigration and migration, and emerging challenges that now confront the region. What can be learned from the past? What are the challenges and solutions of tomorrow?
Migration in the Arctic is a fascinating and topical - but less studied - phenomenon that influences various societal levels, such as education. The book introduces research on economic, social, and educational perspectives of migration in the region. It provides analysis of minorities immigrating to the North without neglecting the viewpoint of indigenous people of the Arctic.
Contributors comprise researchers from various Arctic countries. Multidisciplinary research provides a unique viewpoint to the theme. The book is suitable for researchers and teachers of higher education as well as anyone interested in Arctic studies and (im)migration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811365614
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	03/06/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Satu Uusiautti, PhD, is Professor of Education at the University of Lapland, Finland. Her research interests include positive psychology and development, flourishing and the phenomenon of success in various contexts, and education and positive educational psychology in the Arctic.
Nafisa Yeasmin, PhD, is a researcher of International Relations at the University of Lapland, Finland.  Her research focuses mainly on immigration to the North and Socio-economic adaptation of immigrants in the region. She is leading the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Migration.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Part 1 Historical Approaches to (Im)migration in the Arctic.- Chapter 2 Historical Perspectives of the Environmental and Human Security in the Arctic.- Chapter 3 Nomadic Narratives of Sámi Peoples’ Migration in Historic and Modern Times.- Chapter 4 Immigrant Women and Their Social Adaptation in the Arctic.- Part 2 Present Dialogue and Discourses.- Chapter 5 Newcomers to Ancestral Lands: Immigrant Pathways in Anchorage, Alaska.- Chapter 6 A ‘Micro-Macro’ Factor Analysis of the Determinants of Economic Integration of Immigrants: A Theoretical Approach.- Chapter 7 How to Enhance Immigrant Students’ Participation in Arctic Schools?.- Part 3 Viewpoints to the Future.- Chapter 8 The Determinants of Economic Integration of Immigrants in the Nordic countries.- Chapter 9 Arctic Education in the Future.- Chapter 10 Human Strength-spotting at School as the Future Foundation of “us” in the Arctic.