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Socio-Ecological Coevolution: an Ecological Analysis of the Historical Development of International Systems in the Circumpolar Arctic Page | 1 The London School of Economics & Political Science Socio-Ecological Coevolution: an ecological analysis of the historical development of international systems in the circumpolar Arctic Richard Campanaro A thesis submitted to the Department of International Relations of the London School of Economics for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, London, July 2012 Page | 2 Declaration I certify that the thesis I have presented for examination for the MPhil/PhD degree of the London School of Economics and Political Science is solely my own work other than where I have clearly indicated that it is the work of others (in which case the extent of any work carried out jointly by me and any other person is clearly identified in it). The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. Quotation from it is permitted, provided that full acknowledgement is made. This thesis may not be reproduced without my prior written consent. I warrant that this authorisation does not, to the best of my belief, infringe the rights of any third party. I declare that my thesis consists of 92,502 words. Richard Campanaro Page | 3 Abstract The goal of this thesis is to analyse the impact of Arctic ecology on the development of international systems in the circumpolar world. It is a goal pursued in two steps: (i) by developing an analytical approach capable of tracing the mutual constitution of international and ecological systems in world history; and (ii) by using the resulting toolkit to establish a baseline understanding of the international systems of the polar basin. Part One adapts the analytical approach pioneered by Barry Buzan and Richard Little to study international systems in world history, adding a contextual axis to their analytical matrix in order to escape the anthropocentric cul-de-sac that has heretofore limited IR’s ability to consider ecology’s role in the constitution of international units, processes, and structures. The resulting approach – defined in terms of Socio- Ecological Coevolution – describes this relationship in terms of three sources of explanation: coevolutionary process, ecological capacity and biogeographical structure. Part Two uses the toolkit to analyse the past four hundred years of Arctic history, charting the impact of ecological systems on the principles of membership and behaviour that define international systems in circumpolar world. Through discussions of socio-ecological coevolution, ecological capacity and biogeographical structure, the project identifies the Arctic as a region defined by competing sets of Westphalian and imperial principles. The balance between the Arctic’s anarchic states system and its hierarchic imperial systems has its fulcrum on a socio-ecological ecotone – a transitional gradient that divides its neo-European and non-European biomes and marks a shift from Westphalian to imperial social principles. Though designed to answer specific questions about the constitution of international systems in the circumpolar North, Coevolution proves itself to be a promising tool for ecological analysis in IR with potential applicability to regions outside of the Arctic Basin. Page | 4 Table of Contents Declaration..................................................................................................................2 Abstract.......................................................................................................................3 Table of Contents........................................................................................................4 List of Figures.............................................................................................................7 List of Abbreviations...................................................................................................8 Acknowledgements .....................................................................................................9 Chapter One............................................................................................................10 Research Question: why Ecology? why the Arctic?...................................................11 The ‘International’ & Anthropocentrism ...................................................................17 Literature: International Social Systems & Ecology...................................................26 International Social Systems..................................................................................26 Ecology.................................................................................................................29 Plan of Investigation ................................................................................................. 31 Part One ..................................................................................................................38 Chapter Two............................................................................................................39 International Systems: interaction capacity, processes, and structures........................39 Interaction Capacity ..............................................................................................43 Processes...............................................................................................................44 Structure................................................................................................................46 International Systems: levels of analysis, sectors, & the matrix ................................. 47 Levels of Analysis................................................................................................. 48 Sectors ..................................................................................................................50 The Analytical Matrix ...........................................................................................53 The Evolution of International Systems.....................................................................54 Social Factors in Systemic Evolution.....................................................................56 Ecological Factors in Systemic Evolution..............................................................60 Socio-Ecological Coevolution: the case for an ecological synthesis...........................68 Conclusion ................................................................................................................71 Chapter Three .........................................................................................................72 Existing Frameworks: why not an ecological sector or level? ....................................72 An Ecological Sector?...........................................................................................73 Page | 5 An Ecological Level of Analysis?..........................................................................76 Ecological Systems: an introduction to key concepts .................................................83 Ecological Context: creating and operationalising a new ontological axis..................89 Defining Context...................................................................................................90 Operationalizing Context.......................................................................................95 Conclusion .............................................................................................................. 103 Part Two................................................................................................................ 105 Chapter Four......................................................................................................... 106 A Short Introduction to Arctic Ecology ................................................................... 109 Coevolution: pre-contact indigenous units............................................................... 113 Coevolution: early-modern units & systems ............................................................ 120 Pre-international Systems of Exchange................................................................ 121 Environmental History & the Fur Trade .............................................................. 123 Environmental History & International Systems in Russian Siberia ..................... 127 Environmental History & International Systems in Rupert’s Land....................... 130 Closing the Coevolutionary Loop: the early modern Arctic ..................................... 136 Socio-Ecological Coevolution & Faunal Depletion.............................................. 137 Socio-Ecological Coevolution & the Impact of Pathogen Populations ................. 140 Conclusion .............................................................................................................. 143 Chapter Five.......................................................................................................... 144 Characteristics of Bifurcated Arctic States: Sovereignty & Borders......................... 146 Indirect Rule & Sovereignty in Siberia ................................................................ 147 Indirect Rule & Sovereignty in Arctic North America ......................................... 159 Ecological Capacity & Territoriality in the Arctic................................................ 167 Mediating Ecological Capacity: physical and social technologies............................ 174 Physical Technologies & EC: mediating NPP...................................................... 175 Social Technologies & EC: socialist identity
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