SELECTED THESES ON THE CIRCUMPOLAR ARCTIC

The evolution of alternative development theories and practices, and options for a modern economy in northern Québec, are described within the context of some major socioeconomic strategies that have been advanced for northern Canada over the two decades since the late 1960s. The distinctive features and investment policies of the major Inuit-controlled development organisations in northern Québec, but in particular the Makivik Corporation, are presented as a way of assessing the generally positive impacts of these innovative organisations on the regional political economy following the signing of the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement in 1975. Some speculations are made concerning the roles of native development organisations and the most important components of future development scenarios.