American Indians and the Trouble with Sovereignty: A Turn Toward Structural Self-Determination

American Indians and the Trouble with Sovereignty: A Turn Toward Structural Self-Determination
ISBN-10
1108244998
ISBN-13
9781108244992
Category
Political Science
Language
English
Published
2017-10-31
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Kouslaa T. Kessler-Mata

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.

Other editions

Similar books