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3 The Future of Arctic Social Science
Pages 12-13

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... The U.S. Congress recognized this potential by including the behavioral and social sciences in its call for basic and applied research on arctic issues to address national interests relating to security, weather and climate, natural resources, transportation, communications, environmental protection, health, culture, and socioeconomic issues (U.S.
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... The fact that analogous issues arise not only in the North American Arctic but also in Fennoscandia and Russia opens up numerous avenues for international collaboration in the interest of conducting comparative studies based on common research designs. Research in this field can also help with the search for appropriate responses to urgent applied issues, such as continued comparative interdisciplinary research on how arctic communities and other Third World communities cope with a variety of problems, including declining financial resources for social services, cultural survival of communities, and a complex pattern of intergovernmental relations, regulations, and conflicting expectations.
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