Arctic Oil and Gas : Sustainability at Risk?

This book analyzes the expanding oil and gas activities in the Arctic from a social and developmental perspective, raising questions concerning the interaction between indigenous peoples, governments and oil and gas companies.

1. Introduction, 2. Framing Oil and Gas in the Arctic from a Sustainable Development Perspective, 3. Climate Change and Consequences for the Arctic, 4. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): The economic and institutional responsibility of business, 5. Framework and Methodology: Regulation and discourse analysis as a research strategy, 6. Legal and Institutional Framework: A comparitive analysis, 7. Expanding Oil and Gas Activities on the North Slope of Alaska, 8. Oil and Gas Activities at the Mackenzie Delta, in Canada's North-West Territories, 9. Going North: The new petroleum province of Norway, 10. The Russian Model: Merging profit and sustainability, 11. Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic; What implications for the Oil and Gas Industry?, 12. Perceptions of Arctic Challenges: Alaska, Canada, Norway and Russia compared, 13. Managerial Implications