Papers by Else Grete Broderstad
Indigenous Peoples, Natural Resources and Governance, 2021
Seguridad Y Diversidad En Las Sociedades Contemporaneas 2005 Isbn 84 9742 388 7 Pags 137 154, 2005
Skriftserie, Mar 17, 2023
International Journal on Minority and Group Rights
In 2018, the Norwegian Parliament appointed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigat... more In 2018, the Norwegian Parliament appointed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate the Norwegianisation policy and injustice against the Sámi and Kven/Norwegian Finns. We focus on the commission’s public engagement, and emphasise Sámi and Kven/Norwegian Finns’ perceptions and expectations in relation to these efforts. The mandate’s goal is to establish a common understanding of the past and broader knowledge about our common history. We ask how the Norwegian trc made use of the scope of action provided by its mandate’s outreach elements and conclude that there is a discrepancy between the expectations arising from the mandate and the actual public engagement of the commission. We distinguish between the interactive processes of coordinating among policy actors and communication between political actors; and ‘micro-truth’ as personal narratives and ‘macro-truth’ as framework for public structures. The research is based on document studies, the study of recorded open m...
Energy Research & Social Science
Rapporten presenterer og analyserer tre undersøkelser som til sammen gir et bilde av omgivelsenes... more Rapporten presenterer og analyserer tre undersøkelser som til sammen gir et bilde av omgivelsenes tillit til Finnmarkseiendommen (FeFo) som forvalter, eier og naeringsaktør. Undersøkelsene er foretatt blant befolkningen i Finnmark, blant FeFo's naeringslivskunder og blant aktive naturbrukere. Analysene viser at det blant befolkningen er en generell lav oppslutning om FeFo som institusjon (lav diffus tillit), noe som kan forklares ved omgivelsenes holdninger til iverksetting av samiske rettigheter. Oppslutningen om FeFo's forvaltningstiltak er imidlertid større (høyere spesifikk tillit), noe som spesielt undersøkelsene blant FeFo's naeringslivskunder og aktive naturbrukere viser. Dette forklares ved at kunder og aktive brukere har en bredere kontakt og dermed erfaring med FeFo enn den jevne innbygger. Informasjon for å øke befolkningens kunnskap og kjennskap til FeFo foreslås som tiltak for å redusere gapet mellom den diffuse og den spesifikke tilliten.
The Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Marine Areas, 2019
Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic, 2020
A part of the panel: "Comparative Perspectives on Self-Determination: Institutional Models a... more A part of the panel: "Comparative Perspectives on Self-Determination: Institutional Models and Political Challenges" at the ECPR General Conference Universite de Montreal 26-29 August 2015.
Indigenous Peoples, Natural Resources and Governance, 2021
From the governance triangle to meta-governance Large-scale projects to extract energy resources,... more From the governance triangle to meta-governance Large-scale projects to extract energy resources, minerals and fish are attractive to governments as well as for local communities. They promise to bring income, employment and well-being, while concerns over social and environmental consequences of such projects are also widely known and shared. Our cases in this book-of wind power development, aquaculture and mining-represent extractive industries. Recent Arctic research has focused on the conflicts between extractivism, Indigenous self-determination and government policies (
Indigenous Peoples, Natural Resources and Governance, 2021
Indigenous Peoples, Natural Resources and Governance, 2021
ARCTIC, 2019
We explored Inuit attitudes towards co-managing wildlife in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canad... more We explored Inuit attitudes towards co-managing wildlife in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada, working in partnership with the hunters and trappers’ organizations of Igluligaarjuk (Chesterfield Inlet), Tikirarjuaq (Whale Cove), and Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake). In mixed-methods interviews, study participants in the two coastal communities described dissatisfaction with polar bear (Ursus maritimus) management outcomes, in contrast to a general satisfaction with (or indifference to) the management of other species. Interviewees expressed concern about grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) and, more prominently, caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) populations in Qamani’tuaq, the inland community. Researchers have predicted that conflicts specific to polar bear management could lead to regulations being ignored or even defied and endanger the entire system of wildlife co-management. Our results indicate that dissatisfaction over decisions is specific to polar bear management outcomes and d...
Ecology and Society, 2014
Fisheries-dependent Sami communities in the Norwegian Arctic face major challenges adapting and r... more Fisheries-dependent Sami communities in the Norwegian Arctic face major challenges adapting and responding to socialecological changes. On a local scale, communities and households continually adapt and respond to interacting changes in natural conditions and governance frameworks. Degradation of the marine environment and decline in coastal settlements can move socialecological systems beyond critical thresholds or tipping points, where the system irreversibly enters a different state. We examined the recent social-ecological history of 2 fjords in Finnmark, North Norway, which have coped, over the past 30 years, with the collapse of local fish stocks, harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) and red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) invasions, and increasingly restrictive resource management regimes. Further, we explored similarities and differences in their social-ecological histories and discuss how the concepts of resilience and tipping points can be applied as analytical tools in empirical studies of community response to socialecological change. We show that although the ecological changes in the 2 communities have consisted of similar developments, they have been temporally different in ways that may have affected coping strategies and influenced the available options at different times. The apparent resilience of Sami fishing communities can be understood as the result of response strategies employed by communities and households, and the economic opportunities that have opened up as a result of a combination of ecological change and institutional and political reforms.
PLOS ONE, 2021
Ocean-based economic development arising from an increasing interest in the ‘blue economy’ is pla... more Ocean-based economic development arising from an increasing interest in the ‘blue economy’ is placing ecosystems and small-scale fisheries under pressure. The dominant policy response for dealing with multiple uses is the allocation of coastal space through coastal zone planning (CZP). Recent studies have shown that the rush to develop the blue economy and regulate coastal activity can result in social injustices and the exclusion of less powerful and unrecognized groups (e.g., small-scale fishers, women, Indigenous peoples and youth). To achieve a primary goal of the 2030 sustainable development agenda to “leave no one behind”, it is important to understand the implications of coastal planning and development for these groups. Here, we present a social survey protocol for examining perceptions of justice related to small-scale fisheries (SSF) in the context of the blue economy in coastal areas. Specifically, we designed the survey instrument and sampling protocol to assess whether ...
Land Use Policy, 2020
Claims for indigenous rights to land and resources are influencing land use policies worldwide. T... more Claims for indigenous rights to land and resources are influencing land use policies worldwide. The public’s support for such land tenure arrangements has rarely been investigated. We present a unique case from the Norwegian Arctic, where land claims made by the indigenous Sami people have resulted in the transfer of land tenure and resource management from the government to the residents of Finnmark in 2005. Based on indigenous land claims, a management agency was established, the Finnmark Estate (FeFo), which on the operational level provides Sami and non-Sami users the same services. Public debates and conflicts among politicians and the public framed the political process leading up to this establishment. Based on a survey and interviews in Finnmark, we explored the public’s support for the new land tenure arrangements. We use the term diffuse support to investigate whether residents conform to FeFo’s basic ideas, values and principles, while specific support refers to the supportive attitudes for management actions carried out by the institution. We conclude that there is a general low diffuse support for FeFo among the residents in Finnmark, but a relatively high specific support for the policies and management actions implemented by the estate among those who have experiences with FeFo. We explain the gap between diffuse- and specific support by the historical, social and political processes which led up to the establishment of the land tenure arrangements.
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