Cultural Protection as Political Pressure? Implications of the Anti-Mining Movement in Gallok/Kallak for Sami Rights and Liberties

Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject Politics - Environmental Policy, University of Heidelberg (Institut fur Politische Wissenschaft), language: English, abstract: This paper illustrates the conflict between the Sami and the Swedish mining industry in the famous case of Kallak (Sami: Gallok). A mine was planned to be erected on the lands of the native peoples of Scandinavia and parts of...