TY - T1 - Arctic Political Discourses : Constructing a Russian National Identity SN - / UR - URN:NBN:fi:hulib-201706195051; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/193568 T3 - A1 - Karlsen, Kristofer A2 - PB - Helsingfors universitet Y1 - 2016 LA - eng AB - This research explores how Russian national identity is constructed through political discourses pertaining to the Arctic. Theoretically this thesis addresses how national identity is constructed through these discourses and subsequently how this identity is used to justify Russia’s Arctic policy to a domestic as well as an international audience. In order to achieve this a hybrid methodology combining critical discourse analysis and political discourse analysis was applied to two forms of polit... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Russia; arctic; national identity; identity; nation; policy; discourse; politics; Poliittinen historia; Political History; Politisk historia N1 - PP - ER -