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Tectonic History and Gondwanan Geopolitics in the Larsemann Hills, Antarctica
Author(s) -
O’Reilly Jessica
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
polar: political and legal anthropology review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.529
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1555-2934
pISSN - 1081-6976
DOI - 10.1111/j.1555-2934.2011.01163.x
Subject(s) - gondwana , geopolitics , delegate , politics , work (physics) , corporate governance , political science , international relations , geography , tectonics , geology , paleontology , law , engineering , economics , management , mechanical engineering , computer science , programming language
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.