Formation of Finland's National Parks as a Political Issue

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12596355
AutoresTeijo Rytteri (a Department of Geography , University of Joensuu , Joensuu, Finland, autor de correspondencia), Riikka Puhakka (0000-0001-6546-0444, a Department of Geography , University of Joensuu , Joensuu, Finland)
Año2009
Volumen12
Número1
Páginas91-106
Fecha de publicación2009-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthics Place & Environment (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1366-879X • E-ISSN: 1469-6703
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13668790902753104
OpenAlexW2116399667
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas21

This paper analyses the political discourse of Finnish national parks from a perspective of values and justice. By examining the historical and contemporary political processes for establishing parks, we study the definitions of social justice and values attached to nature. An examination of conservation discourse illustrates how the meaning of national parks has changed. Parks are no longer perceived as threats to economic activity; on the contrary, at present parks are considered to benefit the tourism industry. We also argue that a precondition for a socially sustainable solution to political conflict is the definition of minimum rights accepted by all interest groups. For if nature is nothing if it's not social, it's also unavoidably political. (Castree, 2001 Castree, N. 2001. “Socializing nature: theory, practise, and politics”. In Social Nature, Edited by: Castree, N and Braun, B. 1–21. Oxford: Blackwell. [Google Scholar], p. 18)

Economic Justice · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Meaning (existential · Nothing · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Precondition · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law