Political theory and the rights of indigenous peoples

This book focuses on the problem of justice for indigenous peoples and the key questions this poses for political theory. Contributors include leading political theorists and indigenous scholars from Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Canada and the United States. They examine how political theory has contributed to the past subjugation and continuing disadvantage faced by indigenous peoples, while also seeking to identify ways that contemporary political thought can assist the "decolonization" of relations between indigenous and nonindigenous peoples. Waitangi as mystery of state: consequences of the ascription of federative capacity to the Māori / J.G.A. Pocock The struggles of indigenous peoples for and of freedom / James Tully Beyond regret: Mabo's implications for Australian constitutionalism / Jeremy Webber Engaging with indigeneity: Tino Rangatiratanga in Aotearoa / Roger Maaka and Augie Fleras Paths toward a Mohawk nation: narratives of citizenship and nationhood in Kahnawake / Audra Simpson (De)constructing the politics of indigeneity / Manuhuia Barcham On display for its aesthetic beauty: how western institutions fabricate knowledge about aboriginal cultural heritage / Sonia Smallacombe On the plurality of interests: aboriginal self-government and land rights / John Bern and Susan Dodds The liberal image of the nation / William E. Connolly Minority claims under two conceptions of democracy / Philip Pettit American multiculturalism and the 'nations within' / Will Kymlicka Hybrid democracy: Iroquois federalism and the postcolonial project / Iris Marion Young "This book focuses on the problem of justice for indigenous peoples and the ways in which this poses key questions for political theory: the nature of sovereignty, the grounds of national identity and the limits of democratic theory. The chapters are by leading political theorists and indigenous scholars from Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Canada and the United States, who show how the different historical circumstances of colonisation in these countries nevertheless raise common problems and questions for contemporary political theory. The book examines ways in which political theory has contributed to the past subjugation and continuing disadvantage faced by indigenous peoples, while also seeking to identify resources in contemporary political thought that can assist the 'decolonisation' of relations between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples."--Jacket This book focuses on the problem of justice for indigenous peoples and the key questions this poses for political theory. The contributors examine how political theory has contributed to the past subjugation and continuing disadvantage faced by indigenous peoples, while also seeking to identify ways that contemporary political thought can assist the "decolonization" of relations between indigenous and nonindigenous peoples. Among the English-speaking political societies for whom indigenous rights are at present problematic in political theory and practice-there are of course other non-English-speaking societies of which this is true-New Zealand occupies a special and, to all appearances, unique position.

This book explores possibilities for 'decolonisation' of relations between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples.