Tectonic History and Gondwanan Geopolitics in the Larsemann Hills, Antarctica

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2281817
AutoresJessica O’reilly (0000-0002-0281-5903)
Año2011
Volumen34
Número2
Páginas214-232
Fecha de publicación2011-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1081-6976 • E-ISSN: 1555-2934
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1555-2934.2011.01163.x
OpenAlexW2015116201
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas16

At the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings, an Indian delegate proposed a new research base located within an environmental protection area, because it is where India and Antarctica were connected on the 125-million-year-old continent of Gondwana. How did this claim come to be successful for the Indian Antarctic Program? In the production of documents within international governing bodies, policy makers enroll allies, emphasizing particular aspects of their plans to members of diverse epistemic communities. Instead of trying to make nationally oriented ideas work through uniform procedural rules, international policy makers reshape the contours of acceptable policy-making procedure and the political possibilities of international governance

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