dc.contributor.author | Hodgson, Kara Kathleen | |
dc.contributor.author | Lanteigne, Marc | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-02T13:45:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-02T13:45:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.description.abstract | Moscow launched its “Hectare in the Arctic” program in summer 2021, allowing Russian nationals to obtain a free hectare
of land in the country’s northern regions. This plan is the latest attempt to address the chronic problem of outmigration and to
attract new settlers to the Russian Arctic. Yet, multiple obstacles stand in the way of making the scheme a viable demographic
solution. The primary obstacle to success with this program, we argue, is the logic that undergirds it. This article unpacks
Moscow’s logic by applying Foucault’s “security, territory, population” analytical triad. We conclude that the program is
Moscow’s reaction to perceived threats to Russia’s sovereignty in the Arctic, particularly the perceived “China threat” that has
been brought on by warming relations between the two countries. This logic undermines the potential of the program by neglecting
substantive consideration of the needs and socio-economic conditions for Arctic residents. Ultimately, this case illustrates the
challenges and central policy contradictions that Putin’s regime faces in making the Russian Arctic an effective zone of economic
growth. | en_US |
dc.description | Source at <a href=https://arcticyearbook.com/>https://arcticyearbook.com/</a>. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Hodgson, Lanteigne. Homesteading in the Arctic: The Logic Behind, and Prospects for, Russia’s ’Hectare in the Arctic’ Program. The Arctic Yearbook. 2022 | en_US |
dc.identifier.cristinID | FRIDAID 2097898 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2298-2418 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27976 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Security of the University of the Arctic | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Hodgson, K.K. (2023). Mastering the Arctic? Political Culture and colonialism in the Russian Far North. (Doctoral thesis). <a href=https://hdl.handle.net/10037/31908>https://hdl.handle.net/10037/31908</a>. | |
dc.relation.journal | The Arctic Yearbook | |
dc.rights.accessRights | openAccess | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2022 The Author(s) | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | en_US |
dc.title | Homesteading in the Arctic: The Logic Behind, and Prospects for, Russia’s ’Hectare in the Arctic’ Program | en_US |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Tidsskriftartikkel | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |