Political Theory and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

By: Paul Patton and Duncan Ivison and Will Sanders

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Synopsis: 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.