Human and Societal Security in the Circumpolar Arctic addresses the comprehensive understanding of security in the Arctic, and specific challenges of the Arctic population from the viewpoint of human security.

Preface Notes on Contributors Part 1: Introduction Understanding Human Security as a Tool to Promote Societal Security in the Arctic  Kamrul Hossain, Miguel Roncero and Anna Petrétei Part 2: Overview of Human and Societal Security in the Circumpolar Arctic: Local Actors and Governance Frameworks 1 Policies and Strategies for the Arctic: A Review of the Approaches to Human Security in the Arctic  Jose Miguel Roncero 2 The Interplay of the Human Security and Sustainable Development Concepts: The Case of Russia’s Arctic Industrial Centers  Alexander Sergunin 3 Human Security, Risk and Sustainability in the Swedish Policy for the Arctic  Sara Nyhlén, Katarina Giritli Nygren, Anna Olofsson and Johanna Bergström 4 Colonialism, Statehood, and Sámi in Norden and the Norwegian High North  Wilfrid Greaves 5 Outer Space and Indigenous Security: Sweden’s ESRANGE Launch Site and the Human Security of the Sami  Michael Sheehan Part 3: Arctic Societies: Local Implications of Global Developments 6 The Value of the Barents Region: More than a Resource Provider  Corinna Casi 7 Whether and How Social Work Could Address the Long-term Socio-environmental Risks Caused by the Mining Industry in Northern Finland  Satu Ranta-Tyrkkö 8 Achieving Human and Societal Security in Oil Producing Regions: A Komi-Izhma Community Perspective from Pripechor’e, Russia  Julia Loginova 9 The Role of Hydrocarbon Development in Arctic Governance: A Suitable Approach for Human Development in the Region?  Gerald Zojer 10 Arctic Society and Societal Security: A Reference to Extractive Developments in Northern Fennoscandia  Kamrul Hossain, Anna Petrétei 11 Indigenous Rights and Livelihoods as Concerns in the Decision-Making on Extractive Industries in Finland  Stefan Kirchner Part 4: Identity, Culture, Business and Community Values 12 Innocence Challenged: Perceptions and Constructions of Human Security in Scandinavian Literature on the Arctic  Helene Peterbauer and José Miguel Roncero Martín 13 Digital Storytelling: A Bottom-Up Approach to Gender & Human Security in the Barents Region?  Tahnee Lisa Prior 14 Cultural Identity in Families with “The Finnish Origin,” Living in a Russian Speaking Environment (According to Material of Murmansk Region)  Elena Busyreva 15 Favorite and Least Favorite Places of the Northern Border Cities (As Exemplified in the Drawings of Schoolchildren of Nikel and Kirkenes)  Tatiana Zhigaltsova Part 5: Conclusion The Arctic – A Region in Motion  Kamrul Hossain, Miguel Roncero and Anna Petrétei Index