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Building a 'culture of dialogue' among stakeholders in North-We / Stammler, Florian; Peskov, Vladislav

Stammler, Florian	Journal Article
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2008.

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This article analyses the development of relations between indigenous communities, oil companies and the state in Russia's Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO). Using first hand information from anthropological fieldwork and one co-author's own involvement in regional politics, we analyse efforts to establish stakeholder dialogue. We show that 'collective agency' is crucial to prepare the ground for trustful relations, whereas high personnel turnover within interest groups jeopardises initially promising initiatives. Lessons from this experience have relevance for similar analyses throughout Russia in those cases where consistent federal and regional legislation is not likely to be in place in the near future

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Russia ; Regional Development

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Resources, rights and communities: extractive mega-projects and local people in the Russian Arctic / Ivanova, Aitalina; Stammler, Florian

Stammler, Florian	Journal Article
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Industry in the twenty-first century advances to ever-remoter regions, seen as ‘periphery’ from the point of view of headquarters and capital cities, while for local people these areas are the core of their world. This article investigates the encounter between communities, regulatory authorities and industry in the Russian Arctic. Using cases from Sakha (Yakutiya), we analyse how communities organise for coexistence of traditional livelihoods with big industrial projects in what we call state-led resource development. Our analysis shows the surprising room for agency that development agendas in a centralised state nonetheless leave for local people so far.

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Resources ; Arctic ; Russian ; Local People ; Rights and Communities ; Mega-Projects

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