Title
American Indians and the Trouble with Sovereignty : A Turn Toward Structural Self-Determination
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Description
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.
ISBN
9781108235334
Publication Date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
City
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA
Keywords
Native Americans, Indians, Tribal Sovereignty, Self determination, US Government, Indian policy, paternalism
Disciplines
American Studies | Indigenous Studies | Political Science
