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Space to Break the Ice…?: How the Sámi Assess the EU’s Addressal of Indigenous Rights and Needs in the EU’s Development of Arctic Space Infrastructures

Whalley, Sam LU (2022) STVM23 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis focuses upon generating a Sámi assessment of the EU’s addressal of the rights and needs of indigenous peoples in the EU’s extensive development of space infrastructures in the Arctic. The central puzzle derives from the EU’s oft-presented claim that indigenous peoples will be engaged with, included in, and will benefit from said space development activities; previous literature exploring the EU as an indigenous rights actor, however, has established an exceptionally critical rhetoric surrounding the EU in this regard. The questioning and development of this literature provides the key motivation for this research.

Schunz’s (2021) analytical process for the determining the ‘effectiveness’ of EU external action provides the... (More)
This thesis focuses upon generating a Sámi assessment of the EU’s addressal of the rights and needs of indigenous peoples in the EU’s extensive development of space infrastructures in the Arctic. The central puzzle derives from the EU’s oft-presented claim that indigenous peoples will be engaged with, included in, and will benefit from said space development activities; previous literature exploring the EU as an indigenous rights actor, however, has established an exceptionally critical rhetoric surrounding the EU in this regard. The questioning and development of this literature provides the key motivation for this research.

Schunz’s (2021) analytical process for the determining the ‘effectiveness’ of EU external action provides the operational indicator for generating a Sámi assessment of the EU’s addressal of indigenous rights and needs in this context. This process has been executed using data generated in semi-structured ‘elite’ interviews conducted with senior Sámi community representatives, enabled and complimented by a qualitative document analysis of key, explicitly relevant EU policy documents.

Corresponding with expectations isolated from the existing relevant literature, this thesis found that the EU has largely failed to address indigenous rights and needs in this context, thus contradicting many of the EU’s own principles and presented policy objectives. (Less)
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author
Whalley, Sam LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM23 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
European Union, Arctic, Space, Indigenous Rights, Sámi.
language
English
id
9079898
date added to LUP
2022-07-04 09:20:17
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2022-07-04 09:20:17
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  abstract     = {{This thesis focuses upon generating a Sámi assessment of the EU’s addressal of the rights and needs of indigenous peoples in the EU’s extensive development of space infrastructures in the Arctic. The central puzzle derives from the EU’s oft-presented claim that indigenous peoples will be engaged with, included in, and will benefit from said space development activities; previous literature exploring the EU as an indigenous rights actor, however, has established an exceptionally critical rhetoric surrounding the EU in this regard. The questioning and development of this literature provides the key motivation for this research. 

 Schunz’s (2021) analytical process for the determining the ‘effectiveness’ of EU external action provides the operational indicator for generating a Sámi assessment of the EU’s addressal of indigenous rights and needs in this context. This process has been executed using data generated in semi-structured ‘elite’ interviews conducted with senior Sámi community representatives, enabled and complimented by a qualitative document analysis of key, explicitly relevant EU policy documents.

 Corresponding with expectations isolated from the existing relevant literature, this thesis found that the EU has largely failed to address indigenous rights and needs in this context, thus contradicting many of the EU’s own principles and presented policy objectives.}},
  author       = {{Whalley, Sam}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Space to Break the Ice…?: How the Sámi Assess the EU’s Addressal of Indigenous Rights and Needs in the EU’s Development of Arctic Space Infrastructures}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}