ABSTRACT
(Im)migration in the north is not a new phenomenon but indeed an unexplored area of research and development. The Arctic region is facing new problems and challenges alongside the already existing ones of Arctic migration. This chapter provides an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book. The book focuses on immigrants and the labour markets in the North. This theme is highly relevant because of the divergent regional population and economic development in the North. The book also focuses broadly on the gender-migration nexus throughout the circumpolar North. Topics include access to and control over resources and services, political participation, livelihood security, material and cultural well-being, education and youth out-migration, socio-demographic processes, and ethnicity and indigeneity from a gender-migration viewpoint.
