Human Migration in the Arctic (eBook)

Satu Uusiautti, PhD, is Professor of Education at the University of Lapland, Finland. Her research interests include positive psychology and development, flourishing and the phenomenon of success in various contexts, and education and positive educational psychology in the Arctic.Nafisa Yeasmin, PhD, is a researcher of International Relations at the University of Lapland, Finland.  Her research focuses mainly on immigration to the North and Socio-economic adaptation of immigrants in the region. She is leading the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Migration.

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Part 1 Historical Approaches to (Im)migration in the Arctic.- Chapter 2 Historical Perspectives of the Environmental and Human Security in the Arctic.- Chapter 3 Nomadic Narratives of Sámi Peoples’ Migration in Historic and Modern Times.- Chapter 4 Immigrant Women and Their Social Adaptation in the Arctic.- Part 2 Present Dialogue and Discourses.- Chapter 5 Newcomers to Ancestral Lands: Immigrant Pathways in Anchorage, Alaska.- Chapter 6 A ‘Micro-Macro’ Factor Analysis of the Determinants of Economic Integration of Immigrants: A Theoretical Approach.- Chapter 7 How to Enhance Immigrant Students’ Participation in Arctic Schools?.- Part 3 Viewpoints to the Future.- Chapter 8 The Determinants of Economic Integration of Immigrants in the Nordic countries.- Chapter 9 Arctic Education in the Future.- Chapter 10 Human Strength-spotting at School as the Future Foundation of “us” in the Arctic.