American Indians and the trouble with sovereignty : structuring self-determination through federalism / Kouslaa T. Kessler-Mata.
2017
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American Indians and the trouble with sovereignty : structuring self-determination through federalism / Kouslaa T. Kessler-Mata.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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1 online resource (xvi, 135 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
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The conceptual limits of tribal sovereignty
Building the constitutive theory of tribal sovereignty
A basis for equal footing? The politics of tribal-state relations
Disabling arbitrary interference
Political participation: a hallmark of incorporation
The constitutive theory as a theory of freedom.
Building the constitutive theory of tribal sovereignty
A basis for equal footing? The politics of tribal-state relations
Disabling arbitrary interference
Political participation: a hallmark of incorporation
The constitutive theory as a theory of freedom.
Summary
With tribes and individual Indians increasingly participating in American electoral politics, this study examines the ways in which tribes work together with state and local governments to overcome significant governance challenges. Much scholarship on tribal governance continues to rely on a concept of tribal sovereignty that does not allow for or help structure this type of governance activity. The resulting tension which emerges in both theory and practice from American Indian intergovernmental affairs is illuminated here and the limits of existing theory are confronted. Kessler-Mata presents an argument for tribal sovereignty to be normatively understood and pragmatically pursued through efforts aimed at interdependence, not autonomy. By turning toward theories of federalism and freedom in the republican tradition, the author provides an alternative framework for thinking about the goals and aspirations of tribal self-determination.
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Cambridge Books Online.
Language
English
ISBN
9781108235334 ebook
9781108415866 (hardback)
9781108402446 (paperback)
9781108415866 (hardback)
9781108402446 (paperback)
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