National Identity Politics and Postcolonial Sovereignty Games : Greenland, Denmark, and the European Union Paperback / softback
by Ulrik Pram Gad
Part of the Monographs on Greenland series
Paperback / softback
Description
Greenland views itself as being on the way to sovereignty.
This image -- and the tensions involved in it -- structure the triangular relation between the EU, Greenland and Denmark.
The central Other of Greenland has for a couple of centuries been Denmark, the colonial overlord.
The national identity discourses of Greenland and Denmark both idealise national homogeneity.
A central condition for a continuation of Rigsfaellesskabet, the community of the realm including Greenland and Denmark, is the idea that Greenland still needs external assistance in its development towards independence -- and that this idea can be formulated in a way which does not infantilise Greenland metaphorically.
As part of the post-colonial diversification of Greenlands dependency, the bilateral relation between Denmark and Greenland has gradually been opened up to involve other others.
Meanwhile, a discourse prognosticates that climate change is opening up the Arctic to minerals extraction and commerce.
In these circumstances, the triangular relation with the EU is played out as a series of rhetorical and practical sovereignty games, in Nuuk, Copenhagen and Brussels.
Particularly, a number of strategies are employed to minimise the apparent role of Denmark for the Greenlandic relations to the EU.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:148 pages
- Publisher:Museum Tusculanum Press
- Publication Date:01/01/2017
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- ISBN:9788763545020
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:148 pages
- Publisher:Museum Tusculanum Press
- Publication Date:01/01/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9788763545020