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From sovereignty to guardianship : governing Antarctica, governing the world / Alejandra Mancilla.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mancilla, Alejandra, author.
- Series:
- New topics in applied philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International cooperation.
- Antarctica--Politics and government.
- Antarctica.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, driest, and highest continent in the world, so it is no wonder that it has been painted as exceptional in geographic and climatic terms. But not only that: Antarctica is also seen as exceptional politically. Since the Antarctic Treaty came into force in 1961, it has been under the Joint Guardianship of a group of states that have kept peace and privileged science as the main activity on the continent, with a focus on the protection rather than the exploitation of nature. For natural scientists, Antarctica is seen as the largest open-air laboratory in the world. In this work, Alejandra Mancilla proposes that Antarctica should also be seen as a laboratory for territorial governance, providing inspiration in places where both the regime of Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources of individual states and the international regime of Common Heritage of Mankind have proven insufficient and inadequate.
- Contents:
- Claiming empty space
- Colonialism on ice
- Constituting the Antarctic political community
- Representing sentient Antarctica
- Nothing about Antarctica without Antarctica
- A model of joint guardianship
- Facing the paradox of protection
- Governing Antarctica, governing the world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (Oxford Academic, viewed on July 7, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version : Mancilla, Alejandra. From sovereignty to guardianship.
- ISBN:
- 9780197902769
- 0197902766
- OCLC:
- 1582491087
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000374010
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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