Greenlanders, whales, and whaling
Subtitle: sustainability and self-determination in the Arctic
By: Richard A. Caulfield.
Series: Arctic visions
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Hanover, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Inuit -- Fishing -- Greenland.; Inuit -- Greenland -- Government relations.; Inuit -- Greenland -- Economic  conditions.; Whaling -- Government policy -- Greenland.; Baleen whales -- Government policy -- Greenland.; Sustainable fisheries -- Greenland.; Human ecology -- Greenland.; Self-determination, National -- Greenland.; Greenland -- Politics and government.; Greenland -- Economic conditions.
Description: Whaling has been central to the life of Greenland's Inuit peoples for at least four thousand years, but political, economic, technological, and regulatory changes have altered this ancient practice. Richard A. Caulfield reveals these impacts first by analyzing Home Rule and its success in Greenland, and then by looking at whaling's place in the contemporary Greenlandic economy and its evolving co-management regime.

What emerges from his investigation is an intricate web connecting traditions of indigenous peoples, the promises and pitfalls of co-management, the influence of international whaling policies, the complexities of sustainability, and the power of culturally determined views shaping relationships between humans and their environment.
Notes: Summary in Greenlandic.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-195) and index.