GEOPOLITICS IN ANTARCTICA by Klaus J. Dodds ( 9780471969921 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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GEOPOLITICS IN ANTARCTICA
VIEWS FROM THE SOUTHERN OCEANIC RIM

By:

Klaus J. Dodds

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Hardback

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0471969923

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Publisher:

JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD

Pub. date:

5 December, 1997

Series:

Polar Research

Pages:

270

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Recent controversies over the political and environmental management of the Antarctic ensure that it will remain an important global issue. Drawing on recent developments in critical geopolitics and cultural geography, Klaus Dodds examines the six major nations of the Southern hemisphere currently involved in the Antarctic. Each of these nations - Argentina, Australia, Chile, India, New Zealand and South Africa - claims a 'natural' interest in the future of the polar continent. Geopolitics in Antarctica presents a detailed exploration of the rhetoric and politics behind each of these claims, arguing that they are often based on uncritical understandings of territory, geographical proximity and national identity. The book concludes with an examination of how geographical understandings of the Antarctic continue to influence the management of the frozen continent and Southern Ocean.

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