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1. On Shifting Ground: Climate Change, Political Uncertainty, and Resistance in Three Communities.

Author

Howk, Jennifer W.

Subjects
*CLIMATE change, *COMPARATIVE government
Abstract

This paper seeks to enhance our understanding of the political effects of climate change through a comparative-historical analysis of three very different communities: coastal Alaska, the Chinese-Russian border, and post-Katrina New Orleans. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2008

2. Exclusion by Assimilation.

Author

HOWK, JENNIFER W.

Subjects
*SOCIAL engineering (Political science), *CLIMATE change, *OIL fields, *ALASKA Native corporations, *INDIGENOUS peoples, *RURAL development
Abstract

The article discusses native social engineering in Alaska. Topics covered include the effect of climate change in the Arctic, Kivalina as an indigenous Alaskan village, and the second-highest median income enjoyed by Alaskans in the U.S. Also mentioned are the discovery of North America's biggest oil field in Prudhoe Bay in March 1968, the struggles of local Alaska Native Corporations (ANC), and Alaska's approach to indigenous empowerment and rural development.

Published
2014

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