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Arctic Energy and Social Sustainability

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Authors:
  1. Hanna Lempinen

    1. Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki , Helsinki, Finland

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  • Draws attention to the simplistic ways we understand the interrelations between energy and northern societies

  • Critiques how the Arctic is viewed in today's Energy debates

  • Focuses on scientific and political “truths” produced about energy and society in the Arctic energyscape

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: Energy and the North

    • Hanna Lempinen
    Pages 1-15

  3. The Politics of Energy and Sustainability

    • Hanna Lempinen
    Pages 17-42

  4. The “Social” in the Sustainable

    • Hanna Lempinen
    Pages 43-61

  5. The Elusive Social and the Arctic Energyscape

    • Hanna Lempinen
    Pages 63-80

  6. Concluding Thoughts

    • Hanna Lempinen
    Pages 81-95

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 97-117
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About this book

In recent years the Arctic has become the focus of political, popular and scholarly debates around the future of our world’s Energy. Increasing consumption, dwindling reserves, climate warming and developing technologies are expected to push energy-related activities ever further into the previously inaccessible north. Within this framework, energy in the Arctic is predominantly understood as synonymous with oil and gas production for international exports; meanwhile, any social sustainability concerns associated with energy-related developments remain largely neglected or reduced to regional socioeconomic concerns.


Lempinen adopts an alternative approach, exploring how energy and its societal aspects are defined and debated in the context of the circumpolar north. Combining an in-depth conceptual discussion on energy and the social dimension of sustainability with an empirical focus on the scientific and political “truths” produced about energy and society in the Arctic energyscape, this book is an enlightening read for students, scholars and professionals interested in issues related to energy and society in the Arctic or beyond.








Authors and Affiliations

  • Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki , Helsinki, Finland

    Hanna Lempinen

About the author

Hanna Lempinen is a postdoctoral researcher at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland, and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland. Lempinen’s research builds on environmental sociology, social impact assessment literature and sustainability studies in developing novel approaches to understanding the intertwinements of energy and the society at large.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Arctic Energy and Social Sustainability

  • Authors: Hanna Lempinen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02269-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-02268-6Published: 20 November 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-02269-3Published: 05 November 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 117

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Environment Studies, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Environmental Geography, Sustainable Development

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