Indigenous people: governance and politics Books
University of Alberta Press A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers,
Book SynopsisSimpson uses Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg storytelling to deepen our understanding of Indigenous resistance.
£9.49
David R. Godine Publisher Inc The Last Island: A Traveler’s Tale of Death,
Book Synopsis“A deft combination of adventure, history, reportage and elegy.”—Washington Post A journey to the coast of North Sentinel Island, home to a tribe believed to be the most isolated human community on earth. The Sentinelese people want to be left alone and will shoot deadly arrows at anyone who tries to come ashore. As the web of modernity draws ever closer, the island represents the last chapter in the Age of Discovery—the final holdout in a completely connected world.In November 2018, a zealous American missionary was killed while attempting to visit an island he called “Satan’s last stronghold,” a small patch of land known as North Sentinel in the Andaman Islands, a remote archipelago in the Indian Ocean. News of the tragedy fascinated people around the world. Most were unaware such a place still existed in our time: an island unmolested by the advances of modern technology.Twenty years before the American missionary’s ill-fated visit, a young American historian and journalist named Adam Goodheart also traveled to the waters off North Sentinel. During his time in the Andaman Islands he witnessed another isolated tribe emerge into modernity for the first time.Now, Goodheart—a bestselling historian—has returned to the Andamans. The Last Island is a work of history as well as travel, a journey in time as well as place. It tells the stories of others drawn to North Sentinel’s mystery through the centuries, from imperial adventurers to an eccentric Victorian photographer to modern-day anthropologists. It narrates the tragic stories of other Andaman tribes’ encounters with the outside world. And it shows how the web of modernity is drawing ever closer to the island’s shores.The Last Island is a beautifully written meditation on the end of the Age of Discovery at the start of a new millennium. It is a book that will fascinate any reader interested in the limits—and dangers—of our modern, global society and its emphasis on ceaseless, unbroken connection.Trade Review“A fascinating and excellent book...built upon decades of scholarship and interviews.” —Rachel Kushner, Harper’s “Adam Goodheart’s The Last Island thrills you from the beginning with an 18th century-style tale of adventure set in the present day. But it moves into a deeper reflection on a small tribe and its ancient culture standing alone in a globalized modern world. This book is both exciting and important—an adventure worth contemplating.” —Mark Kurlansky, author of Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World “A thrilling book that will leave you contemplating the concept of civilization.“ —Kirkus, starred review “Fascinating and heartbreaking....In a sense, the book is a meditation on what it means to be civilised, to acknowledge the humanity of those who live differently.” —India Today “The Last Island has the elegance of a spiraling seashell. In the fascinating tale of one small island caught in the mesh of modern imperialism and technology, Adam Goodheart has crafted a narrative that winds outward from a personal obsession to a broad interrogation about the value and purpose of human contact. This beguiling book holds within it the echo of vast historical tides.” —Maya Jasanoff, author of The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World “Adam Goodheart takes us on a fascinating journey to a place that has so far eluded the devious entanglements of our hyperconnected world: North Sentinel Island at the outer edge of the Bay of Bengal. Part travelogue, part history, The Last Island is full of teasing enticements and disturbing revelations, a mesmerizing chronicle of a people at the frayed edge of so-called civilization.” —Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea, Mayflower, and Travels with George “Adam Goodheart has achieved something most of us can only dream of: finding a place where few of his compatriots have ever been. I wish I had been with him on the journey, but this gracefully written book is the next best thing.” —Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa “In a world that is fully mapped, where distances are not what they used to be, Adam Goodheart’s genius lies in his ability to take us back centuries. The Last Island awakened in me a primordial sense of wonder.” —Aatish Taseer, author of The Twice-Born: Life and Death on the Ganges
£18.99
HarperCollins Publishers The Bingo Palace
Book SynopsisA reissue of a much-loved classic, from one of America's most celebrated novelists, winner of the prestigious National Book Award for Fiction in 2012.Seeking direction and enlightenment, Lipsha Morrissey, a charismatic young drifter, answers his grandmother's summons to return to his birthplace. As he tries to settle into a challenging new job on the reservation, he falls passionately in love for the first time. But the object of his desire, the beautiful Shawnee Ray, is in the midst of deciding whether to marry his boss, the wealthy reservation entrepreneur, Lyman Lamartine.Matters are further complicated when Lipsha discovers that Lyman is his rival in more ways than one. In league with an influential group of aggressive businessmen, Lyman has chosen to open a gambling complex on reservation land a development which threatens to destroy the community's fundamental links with the pastTrade Review‘Louise Erdrich is the most interesting American novelist to have appeared in years.' Philip Roth ‘Erdrich’s prose has a compelling pulse to it. It is fluent and seductive, with the vigour and erotic potency of good rock music.’ Sunday Times 'Beautiful … ‘The Bingo Palace’ shows us a place where love, fate and chance are woven together like a braid.' New York Times ‘In its empathy, its poetry and its sheer narrative power, 'The Bingo Palace' confirms Erdrich as one of the greatest composers writing today.’ Independent on Sunday 'The power of Louise Erdrich's writing lies in the clear access she has to her characters' thoughts and feelings, and her ability to translate those feelings into words that are both poetic and unforced. ‘The Bingo Palace’ is a beautiful novel, mysterious and revelatory, from a powerful American voice.' Erica Wagner, The Times
£10.44
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin In Defense of Sovereignty Protecting the Oneida
Book SynopsisRecounts the history of the Oneida Nation and its struggles for self-determination. Since the nation’s removal from New York in the 1820s to what would become the state of Wisconsin, it has been engaged in legal conflicts with US actors to retain its sovereignty and its lands.
£21.56
Manchester University Press Devolution and Electoral Politics
Book SynopsisThis book presents a comparative perspective on the new dynamics of electoral competition following devolution to Scotland and Wales. It offers the first discussion of multi-level electoral dynamics in other western democracies thud proposing how electoral competition might develop in the devolved institutions of Scotland and Wales.Table of ContentsA framework for analysis1. An introduction to multi-level electoral competition – Charlie Jeffery and Dan Hough2. Party organisation in multi-level contexts - Ingrid van Biezen and Jonathan Hopkin3. Party systems in multi-level contexts – Lori ThorlakssonCase studies4. Disconnected competition in Canada - Steven Wolinetz and Ken Carty5. Multi-level party competition and co-ordination in Belgium - Lieven de Winter6. Multi-level electoral competition: sub-state elections and party systems in Spain - Francesc Pallares and Michael Keating7. Germany: an erosion of federal-Länder linkages? - Dan Hough and Charlie Jeffery8. Regional elections in Italy: national tests or regional affirmation? - John Loughlin and Silvia Bolgherini9. Austria: divergence within limits - Alan Siaroff and Amir AbediMulti-level electoral competition in the UK10. Devolution and electoral politics in Wales - Richard Wyn Jones and Roger Scully11. Devolution and electoral politics in Scotland - Catherine Bromley12. British political parties and devolution: sdapting to multi-level politics in Scotland and Wales - Jonathan Bradbury13. Devolution and electoral politics: where does the UK fit in? – Charlie Jeffery and Dan Hough
£68.00
Manchester University Press Towards a Regional Political Class
Book SynopsisFocussing on professional politicians Klaus Stolz investigates the interrelationship between political career patterns and political institutions in two of the most widely discussed cases of regionalism: Catalonia and Scotland.Table of Contents1. The quest for a regional political class2. Regionalism, regionalisation and regional institutions in Catalonia and Scotland: setting the stage for a regional political class3. Political careers: the making of a regional political class in itself4. (Re)making political institutions: a regional political class for itself5. Conclusion: traces of a regional political class in Catalonia and ScotlandAppendix 1Appendix 2Appendix 3References
£76.50
Pluto Press The Silences of Dispossession
Book SynopsisAn insightful case study about the effects of capitalism on the indigenous experience in northern ArgentinaTrade Review'Silences of Dispossession offers a timely account of indigenous struggles around soybean expansion in post-neoliberal Argentina. Eloquent and engaging, Biocca confronts colliding responses to agrarian transformations in light of histories and memories of dispossession, resistance, and negotiations with the State.' -- Paola Canova, author of 'Frontier Intimacies: Ayoreo Women and the Sexual Economy of the Paraguayan Chaco' (University of Texas Press, 2020)'In an important contribution to development and peasant studies, Biocca argues that whether rural people resist or acquiesce to dispossession depends on local rationalities. Comparing two groups of Indigenous rural peasants in the Argentine Chaco, she demonstrates the importance of collective memory, previous engagement with capitalist regimes, and aspirations for inclusion.' -- Nancy Postero, Professor of Anthropology at the University of California San Diego'An important contribution to a growing body of research centering Indigenous communities in Argentina' -- 'NACLA'Table of Contents1. Indigenous Peoples, Agribusiness and the Post-Neoliberal State in Argentina 2. Accumulation by Dispossession and the Everyday Life of Indigenous Peoples 3. Living on the Edges of the Periphery 4. Resistance on the Edge: the Case of the Qom People in Pampa del Indio 5. Acquiescence on the edge: the Case of Moqoit People in Las Tolderías 6. The Actually Existing Agency of Subaltern Groups
£29.75
Cambridge University Press Radical Democracy in Modern Indian Political
Book SynopsisBetween the 1910s and the 1970s, an eclectic group of Indian thinkers, constitutional reformers, and political activists articulated a theory of robustly democratic, participatory popular sovereignty. Taking parliamentary government and the modern nation-state to be prone to corruption, these thinkers advocated for ambitious federalist projects of popular government as alternatives to liberal, representative democracy. Radical Democracy in Modern Indian Political Thought is the first study of this counter-tradition of democratic politics in South Asia. Examining well-known historical figures such as Dadabhai Naoroji, M. K. Gandhi, and M. N. Roy alongside long-neglected thinkers from the Indian socialist movement, Tejas Parasher illuminates the diversity of political futures imagined at the end of the British Empire in South Asia. This book reframes the history of twentieth-century anti-colonialism in novel terms ? as a contest over the nature of modern political representation ? and pushes readers to rethink accepted understandings of democracy today.Table of Contents1. Popular sovereignty and the end of empire; 2. 'The genius of the people': The 1923 Constitution of Mysore; 3. 'A vast subterranean democracy': Pluralism in the 1920s; 4. 'A living union': The project of Gandhian democracy; 5. Representation, popular sovereignty, and the Indian founding; 6. 'Towards total revolution': the aftermath of independence; 7. Conclusion: The challenge of representative democracy; Bibliography; Index.
£80.75
Peter Lang Publishing Inc A Study of InterEthnic Political Integration in
Book SynopsisInter-ethnic political integration is a major theoretical and practical problem which is increasingly prominent in the political reality of multi-ethnic countries. This book is the final result of a special study on inter-ethnic political integration, emphasizing and proving the basic concepts and questions of inter-ethnic political integration, constructing a theoretical system of inter-ethnic political integration, forming a theoretical framework of inter-ethnic political integration, and thus promoting the healthy development of inter-ethnic political integration research.Table of ContentsInter-Ethnic Politics in the Multi-ethnic States – Inter-ethnic Political Integration and the Maintenance of a Multi-ethnic State – Realization of Inter-Ethnic Political Integration – Political Parties in Inter-Ethnic Political Integrations – Inter-Ethnic Political Integration Practice in China – Ethnicity and Politics in the Perspective of Inter-Ethnic Political Integration – Bibliography.
£60.30
University of Toronto Press Framing Borders
Book SynopsisFraming Borders is the first book-length ethnography looking at interactions between border officers and Indigenous cross-border travellers in North America.Trade Review"This is a thought-provoking study. Though most scholarly attention to borderlands dynamics focuses on the conflicts inherent in such crossings, Kalman’s work reveals the far more nuanced nature of these interactions, predicated on the ways in which the various actors frame themselves in these often banal contacts. Ultimately, he shows, the diverse nature of these interactions—ranging from tense confrontational hassles to joking camaraderie—reveals ‘just how far into everyday life settler colonialism penetrates’ (p. 201). Kalman’s exposure and analysis of these micro-level ripple effects of macro-level historical developments make this a valuable contribution to an evolving body of scholarship." -- M. R. Scherer, University of Nebraska-Omaha * CHOICE *"What if North America’s borders only exist in the context of the conversations we have with customs officers and port authorities? We rarely know when we have crossed the invisible line itself, but we do know when the conversation with the border services officer has ended and we are free to keep moving. That is, ‘crossing a border is often more a matter of which side of a conversation you find yourself on than which side of a line.’ This provocative insight is at the heart of anthropologist Ian Kalman’s excellent book Framing Borders." -- Sheila McManus, University of Lethbridge * Canadian Journal of History *Table of ContentsPrologue 1. Introduction 2. Welcome to Akwesasne 3. Doing History in Akwesasne 4. The Changing Face of the Cornwall/Akwesasne Border 5. Reporting-in to/from Akwesasne 6. Processing 7. Talking Borders Conclusion
£38.25
University of Toronto Press Framing Borders
Book SynopsisFraming Borders addresses a fundamental disjuncture between scholastic portrayals of settler colonialism and what actually takes place in Akwesasne Territory, the largest Indigenous cross-border community in Canada. Whereas most existing portrayals of Indigenous nationalism emphasize border crossing as a site of conflict between officers and Indigenous nationalists, in this book Ian Kalman observes a much more diverse range of interactions, from conflict to banality to joking and camaraderie. Framing Borders explores how border crossing represents a conversation where different actors frame themselves, the law, and the space that they occupy in diverse ways. Written in accessible, lively prose, Kalman addresses what goes on when border officers and Akwesasne residents meet, and what these exchanges tell us about the relationship between Indigenous actors and public servants in Canada. This book provides an ethnographic examination of the experiences of thTrade Review"This is a thought-provoking study. Though most scholarly attention to borderlands dynamics focuses on the conflicts inherent in such crossings, Kalman’s work reveals the far more nuanced nature of these interactions, predicated on the ways in which the various actors frame themselves in these often banal contacts. Ultimately, he shows, the diverse nature of these interactions—ranging from tense confrontational hassles to joking camaraderie—reveals ‘just how far into everyday life settler colonialism penetrates’ (p. 201). Kalman’s exposure and analysis of these micro-level ripple effects of macro-level historical developments make this a valuable contribution to an evolving body of scholarship." -- M. R. Scherer, University of Nebraska-Omaha * CHOICE *"What if North America’s borders only exist in the context of the conversations we have with customs officers and port authorities? We rarely know when we have crossed the invisible line itself, but we do know when the conversation with the border services officer has ended and we are free to keep moving. That is, ‘crossing a border is often more a matter of which side of a conversation you find yourself on than which side of a line.’ This provocative insight is at the heart of anthropologist Ian Kalman’s excellent book Framing Borders." -- Sheila McManus, University of Lethbridge * Canadian Journal of History *Table of ContentsPrologue 1. Introduction 2. Welcome to Akwesasne 3. Doing History in Akwesasne 4. The Changing Face of the Cornwall/Akwesasne Border 5. Reporting-in to/from Akwesasne 6. Processing 7. Talking Borders Conclusion
£17.09
University of Toronto Press Indigenous Resurgence in an Age of Reconciliation
Book SynopsisWhat would Indigenous resurgence look like if the parameters were not set with a focus on the state, settlers, or an achievement of reconciliation? Indigenous Resurgence in an Age of Reconciliation explores the central concerns and challenges facing Indigenous nations in their resurgence efforts, while also mapping the gaps and limitations of both reconciliation and resurgence frameworks.The essays in this collection centre the work of Indigenous communities, knowledge, and strategies for resurgence and, where appropriate, reconciliation. The book challenges narrow interpretations of indigeneity and resurgence, asking readers to take up a critical analysis of how settler colonial and heteronormative framings have infiltrated our own ways of relating to our selves, one another, and to place. The authors seek to (re)claim Indigenous relationships to the political and offer critical self-reflection to ensure Indigenous resurgence efforts do not reproduce the very conditioTable of ContentsArtist Statement Lianne Marie Leda Charlie Introduction: Generating a Critical Resurgence Together Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark Part 1: Realizing Resurgence Together 1. Beyond the Grammar of Settler Apologies Mishuana Goeman 2. Spirit and Matter: Resurgence as Rising and (Re)creation as Ethos Dian Million 3. Removing Weeds so Natives Can Grow: A Metaphor Reconsidered Hōkūlani K. Aikau 4. (Ad)dressing Wounds: Expansive Kinship Inside and Out Dallas Hunt Part 2: Claiming Our Relationships to the Political 5. Beyond Rights and Wrongs: Towards Resurgence of a Treaty-Based Ethic of Relationality Gina Starblanket 6. Thawing the Frozen Rights Theory: On Rejecting Interpretations of Reconciliation and Resurgence That Define Indigenous Peoples as Frozen in a Pre-colonial Past Aimée Craft 7. Nêhiyaw Hunting Pedagogies and Revitalizing Indigenous Laws Darcy Lindberg Part 3: Narrating Reconciliation and Resurgence 8. Thinking through Resurgence Together: A Conversation between Sarah Hunt/Tłaliłila’ogwa and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Sarah Hunt/Tłaliłila’ogwa and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 9. Truth-Telling amidst Reconciliation Discourses: How Stories Reshape Our Relationships Jeff Corntassel 10. Political Action in the Time of Reconciliation Corey Snelgrove and Matthew Wildcat Part 4: Reconciling Lands, Bodies, and Gender 11. Body Land, Water, and Resurgence in Oaxaca Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez 12. To Respect Indigenous Territorial Protocol: Hosting the Olympic Games on Indigenous Lands in Settler Colonial Canada Christine O’Bonsawin 13. “Descendants of the Original Lords of the Soil”: Gender, Kinship, and an Indignant Model of Métis Nationhood Daniel Voth 14. Red Utopia Billy-Ray Belcourt Contributors
£54.40
University of Toronto Press Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Federalism
Book SynopsisAs a settler state, Canada’s claims to sovereign control over territory are contested by Indigenous claims to land and to self-determination. Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Federalism presents legal analyses that explore forms of federalism and their potential to include multiple and divided sovereignties. This collection aims to advance reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Canada and elsewhere by developing jurisprudence on the possibilities for a nation-to-nation relationship between Indigenous nations and Crown sovereignty. Contributors use legal creativity to explore how federalism can be structured to include the constitutional jurisdiction of Indigenous nations. Several chapters are grounded in the Canadian context while others connect the issues to international law and other settler colonial jurisdictions, recognizing how Indigenous resistance to settler laws and government decisions can at the same time be the enactment of Indigenous legaliTable of ContentsForeword by James Sa’ke’j Youngblood Henderson Introduction: Indigenous Peoples in Federal Contexts Amy Swiffen with Shoshana Paget Section 1: Futures of Canadian Federalism 1. Creating Inclusive Canadian Federalism James Sa’ke’j Youngblood Henderson 2. Consent and the Resolution of Political Relations between Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian State Michael Asch 3. Struggles against Domestication: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Constitutional Pluralism Gordon Christie Section 2: Decolonizing Constitutionalism 4. Politicizing Indigenous Self-Determination: The UNDRIP and Legal and Political Constitutionalism Yann Allard Tremblay 5. A Theory of Decolonial Constitutionalism: Insights from Latin America Roger Merino 6. UNDRIP, the Treaty of Waitangi, and the Developing Constitution of Aotearoa New Zealand Carwyn Jones Section 3: Pluri-national Federalism 7. Treaty Federalism, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and Section 25 as a Bridge across Legal Cultures Amy Swiffen 8. Room to Manoeuvre: The Legal Imagination of Sovereignty in M’Intosh, Worcester, and Caron Ryan Beaton 9. “To Invite New Worlds”: Indigenous Constitutionalism and the Search for a Jurisgenerative Federalism in Canada Robert Hamilton Conclusion: The Futures of Federalism Joshua Nichols
£21.59
Manchester University Press Rescaling the State: Devolution and the
Book SynopsisRescaling the state provides a theoretically-informed and empirically-rich account of the process of devolution undertaken in the UK since 1997, focusing in particular on the devolution of economic governance. Using case studies from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, the book examines the purported reasons for, and the unintended consequences of, devolution. As well as comparing policy and practice across the four devolved territories, the book also explores the pitfalls and instances of good practice associated with devolution in the UK.Rescaling the state is an important text for all social scientists – particularly political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists and human geographers – interested in the devolution of power in the UK and, indeed, all instances of contemporary state restructuring. It is also a significant book for all policy-makers interested in understanding the increasing complexity of the policy landscapes of economic governance in the UK.With a new preface for the 2017 paperback editionTrade ReviewSituated at the heart of public policy debates, and part of Manchester University Press' excellent Devolution Series, Rescaling the State seeks to understand the complexities of the post-devolution settlement by focusing specifically upon the shifting institutional architectures of economic governance and economic development. Overall, this is an insightful analysis. -- .Table of Contents1. Introduction: Devolution and the geographies of economic governance2. The theoretical challenge of devolution and constitutional change3. New politics/new institutions/new strategies4. Territories and scales of economic governance5. Peopling a devolved UK state6. The political geographies of filling in: the case of Northern Ireland7. Conclusions: devolution in retrospect References
£21.00
Brush Education Inc First Nations Self-Government: 17 Roadblocks to
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£19.96
Peter Lang Publishing Inc A Research Outline of the Tang–Song Social
Book SynopsisThis book examines social transformation during the Tang-Song period by focusing on the emergence and development of the "society of moneyed elite" in ancient China. Specifically, the author tries to shed light on three important theoretical questions. First, how to understand social change from the perspective economic history; second, how to construct scientifically-informed causal explanations of historical processes and events; and third, how to remedy the shortcomings of previous studies that emphasize the contrasts between the two dynasties while overlooking the continuity between them.Table of ContentsPreface – Introduction: History of Commodity Economy from the Perspective of Historical Philosophy – General Thesis Tang-Song Social Transformation: An Economic Historical Interpretation – Trade and Commerce and Transformations in Economic and Class Relations – Commodity Economy, Policy Adjustments and Institutional Reforms – Evolution of Commodity Economy, Philosophy and Value Systems – Conclusion – Bibliography.
£69.30
Hardie Grant Explore The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail
Book SynopsisThe Voice to Parliament Handbook is an easy-to-follow guide for the millions of Australians who have expressed support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart, but want to better understand what a Voice to Parliament actually means.'We invite you to walk with us in a movement of the Australian people for a better future.' These words from the Uluru Statement from the Heart are a heartfelt invitation from First Nations People to fellow Australians, who will have the opportunity to respond when the Voice referendum is put to a national vote by the Albanese Government. Indigenous leader Thomas Mayo and acclaimed journalist Kerry O’Brien have written this handbook to answer the most commonly asked questions about why the Voice should be enshrined in the Constitution, and how it might function to improve policies affecting Indigenous communities, and genuinely close the gap on inequalities at the most basic level of human dignity. A handy tool for people inclined to support a ‘yes’ vote in the referendum, The Voice to Parliament Handbook reflects on this historic opportunity for genuine reconciliation, to right the wrongs and heal the ruptured soul of a nation. This guide offers simple explanations, useful anecdotes, historic analogies and visual representations, so you can share it among friends, family and community networks in the build-up to the referendum. If the ‘yes’ vote is successful this book will also become a keepsake of an important and emotional milestone in Australia's history.
£11.40
UNSW Press Everything You Need to Know about the Voice
Book SynopsisThis is the remarkable war story of six ordinary Australian soldiers: the Chipilly Six. On 9 August 1918, on high ground overlooking the Somme River, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen, for no gain. Meanwhile, two Australian sergeants, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of the British lines. Gathering weapons and four of their best mates, Hayes and Andrews return to take on the Germans. The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six have been overlooked and the personal stories of these diggers never before celebrated. Yet this story doesn't end when the war does. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of these soldiers, chronicling their return home and years after service, through a pandemic, the Great Depression, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service.
£16.16
Rocky Mountain Books The Geography of Memory: Reclaiming the Cultural,
Book SynopsisThis compact book records a quest for understanding, to find the story behind the Snayackstx (Sinixt) First Nation. Known in the United States as the Arrow Lakes Indians of the Colville Confederated Tribes, the tribe lived along the upper Columbia River and its tributaries for thousands of years. In a story unique to First Nations in Canada, the Canadian federal government declared them extinct in 1956, eliminating with the stroke of a pen this tribe's ability to legally access 80 per cent of their trans-boundary traditional territory.Part travelogue, part cultural history, the book details the culture, place names, practices, and landscape features of this lost tribe of British Columbia, through a contemporary lens that presents all readers with an opportunity to participate in reconciliation.
£20.89
Talon Books,Canada Lha yudit’ih (We Always Find a Way): Bringing the
Book SynopsisEight years in the making, Lha yudit?ih We Always Find a Way is a community oral history of Tsilhqot?in Nation v. British Columbia, the first case in Canada to result in a declaration of Aboriginal Rights and Title to a specific piece of land. Told from the perspective of the Plaintiff, Chief Roger William, joined by fifty Xeni Gwet?ins, Tsilhqot?ins, and allies, this book encompasses ancient stories of creation, modern stories of genocide through smallpox and residential school, and stories of resistance including the Tsilhqot?in War, direct actions against logging and mining, and the twenty-five-year battle in Canadian courts to win recognition of what Tsilhqot?ins never gave up and have always known. ?We are the land,? as Chief Roger says. After the violence of colonialism, he understands the court case as ?bringing our sight back.? This book witnesses the power of that vision, its continuity with the Tsilhqot?in world before the arrival of colonizers two centuries ago, and its potential for a future of freedom and self-determination for the Tsilhqot?in People.
£21.24
University of Alberta Press Canada as a Settler Colony on the Question of
Book SynopsisCanada as a Settler Colony on the Question of Palestine explores Canada-Palestine relations through a settler colonial lens. The authors argue that there are direct parallels between Canada’s settler colonial project and its support for the Israeli settler colonial dispossession of Palestinians. Chapters reflect on community politics and activism, migration, orientalism, and critical race theory. Among its unique contributions, the volume provides a fresh look at Canada’s foreign policy as informed and shaped by its own history of settler colonialism. The collection also illuminates the breadth and depth of Palestinian life in Canada. Throughout, the chapters are connected by common themes of settler colonial destruction, dispossession, segregation, and otherness, as well as accounts of people challenging those processes in search of a better and fairer world. The book will be of interest to scholars in Indigenous Studies, International Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies, Canadian Studies, Palestine Studies, and beyond. Contributors: Samer Abdelnour, Nadia Abu-Zahra, Rachad Antonius, Lina Assi, M. Muhannad Ayyash, Peige Desjarlais, Randa Farah, Azeezah Kanji, Maurice Jr. Labelle, Nadia Naser-Najjab, Emily Regan Wills, Mira Sucharov, Jeremy Wildeman. Foreword by Veldon Coburn.Trade Review"This comparative analysis of Israeli and Canadian settler colonialism is one of the most useful angles for understanding the Palestine issue. Such an approach helps us to avoid the exceptionalism that has immunized Israel from international rebuke, and it charts crucial paths for liberation and reconciliation in the future." Ilan Pappé, Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter“This book is unique in its comparative approach to the effects of settler colonialism in Canada and Israel. It is also distinguished by its highlighting of the heterogenous experiences of Palestinian-Canadians, particularly of activist and working class sectors of this community.” Sunera Thobani, University of British ColumbiaNamed one of the 100 Best Books of 2023 by The Hill Times, December 19, 2023#9 on Calgary Non-Fiction Bestsellers list, January 25, 2024Table of ContentsForeword Veldon Coburn Introduction M. Muhannad Ayyash & Jeremy Wildeman Part I: Conceptualizing Palestine-Canada Relations through the Settler Colonial Framework Chapter 1: Hyphenation and Conciliation in the Settler Colony M. Muhannad Ayyash Chapter 2: A Shared Settler Colonialism Jeremy Wildeman Part II: Settler Colonial Dispossession and Repression Chapter 3: Canada and the Palestinian refugees: Humanitarian License to Dispossess? Randa Farah & Peige Desjarlais Chapter 4: Enforcing the Settler Contract: Repression of Palestine Solidarity in Canadian Colonial Multiculturalism Azeezah Kanji Part III: Canada’s Policies and the Perpetuation of Settler-Colonial Domination Chapter 5: Canada’s Role in the People-to-People Programme: A Critical Assessment Nadia Naser-Najjab Chapter 6: Aid for Peace Revisited: A New Paradigm for Understanding Conflict and Development Nadia Abu-Zahra Part IV: Restricting the Public Debate on Palestine Chapter 7: Palestinian Images, Israeli Narratives: Radio-Canada Coverage of the 2014 War on Gaza Rachad Antonius Chapter 8: Canada’s Israel Lobby and the Palestinians Mira Sucharov Part V: Palestinian Life and Activism in Canada Chapter 9: Exclusion and Exile: The Identity of Working-class Palestinians in Canada Lina Assi & Samer Abdelnour Chapter 10: Palestinian Organizations in Ottawa: Understanding Communities in Practice Emily Regan Wills Chapter 11: Re-Presenting Palestine: Sami Hadawi and the Palestinian Revolution in Canada Maurice Jr. Labelle Conclusion: The Struggle for a Fairer Future Jeremy Wildeman
£29.74
University of Calgary Press Indigenous Territorial Autonomy and
Book SynopsisAcross the Americas, Indigenous and Afro-descendent peoples have demanded autonomy, self-determination, and self-governance. By exerting their collective rights, they have engaged with domestic and international standards on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, implemented full-fledged mechanisms for autonomous governance, and promoted political and constitutional reform aimed at expanding understandings of multicultural citizenship and the plurinational state. Yet these achievements come in conflict with national governments’ adoption of neoliberal economic and neo-extractive policies which advance their interests over those of Indigenous communities.Available for the first time in English, Indigenous Territorial Autonomy and Self-Government in the Diverse Americas explores current and historical struggles for autonomy within ancestral territories, experiences of self-governance in operation, and presents an overview of achievements, challenges, and threats across three decades. Case studies across Bolivia, Chile, Nicaragua, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, and Canada provide a detailed discussion of autonomy and self-governance in development and in practice.Paying special attention to the role of Indigenous peoples’ organizations and activism in pursuing sociopolitical transformation, securing rights, and confronting multiple dynamics of dispossession, this book engages with current debates on Indigenous politics, relationships with national governments and economies, and the multicultural and plurinational state. This book will spark critical reflection on political experience and further exploration of the possibilities of the self-determination of peoples through territorial autonomies.
£79.90
Rowman & Littlefield International Trapped by History: The Indigenous-State
Book SynopsisThe Australian nation has reached an impasse in Indigenous policy and practice and fresh strategies and perspectives are required. Trapped by History will highlight a fundamental issue that the Australian nation must confront to develop a genuine relationship with Indigenous Australians. The existing relationship between Indigenous people and the Australian state was constructed on the myth of an empty land – terra nullius. Therefore, interactions with Indigenous people have been constrained by eighteenth-century assumptions and beliefs that Indigenous people did not have organised societies, had neither land ownership nor a recognisable form of sovereignty, and that they were ‘savage’ but could be ‘civilized’ through the erasure of their culture. These incorrect assumptions and beliefs are the foundation of the legal, constitutional and political treatment of Indigenous Australians over the course of the country’s history. They remain ingrained in governmental institutions, Indigenous policy making, judicial decision making and contemporary public attitudes about Indigenous people. Trapped by History shines new light upon several historical and contemporary examples where Indigenous people have attempted to engage and dialogue with state and federal governments. These governments have responded by trying to suppress and discredit Indigenous rights, culture and identities and impose assimilationist policies. In doing so they have rejected or ignored Indigenous attempts at dialogue and partnership. Other settler countries such as New Zealand, Canada and the United States of America have all negotiated treaties with Indigenous people and have developed constitutional ways of engaging cross culturally. In Australia, the limited recognition that Indigenous people have achieved to date shows that the state is unable to resolve long standing issues with Indigenous people. Movement beyond the current colonial relationship with Indigenous Australians requires a genuine dialogue to not only examine the legal and intellectual framework that constrain Indigenous recognition but to create new foundations for a renewed relationship based on intercultural negotiation, mutual respect, sharing and mutual responsibility. This must involve building a shared understanding around addressing past injustices and creating a shared vision for how Indigenous people and other Australians would associate politically in the future.Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: No Just RelationshipChapter 2: The Intellectual and Legal Origins of Terra NulliusChapter 3: Promise, Hope and Disappointment 1970-1990Chapter 4: Recognition and the Limits of ToleranceChapter 5: Dialogue and Indigenous RecognitionChapter 6: The Pathway AheadEpilogue:
£83.70
Vintage Publishing No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: With an
Book Synopsis'A powerful, beautiful book. Its fierce love - of the land, the ocean, the elders and the ancestors - warms the heart and moves the spirit.' - Alice Walker, author of The Color PurplePart memoir, part manifesto, Chamorro climate activist Julian Aguon's No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies is a coming-of-age story and a call for justice-for everyone, but in particular, for Indigenous peoples.Aguon beautifully weaves together stories from his childhood in the villages of Guam with searing political commentary about matters ranging from nuclear weapons to global warming. Bearing witness and reckoning with the challenges of truth-telling in an era of rampant obfuscation, he culls from his own life experiences to illuminate a collective path out of the darkness.A powerful and bold new voice writing at the intersection of Indigenous rights and environmental justice, Aguon is entrenched in the struggles of the people of the Pacific who are fighting to liberate themselves from colonial rule, defend their sacred sites and obtain justice for generations of harm.In No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies, Aguon shares his wisdom and reflections on love, grief, joy and triumph, and extends an offer to join him in a hard-earned hope for a better world.Trade ReviewA powerful, beautiful book. Its fierce love - of the land, the ocean, the elders and the ancestors - warms the heart and moves the spirit. -- Alice Walker, author of THE COLOR PURPLEJulian Aguon speaks to the soul. His words - gentle, fierce, luminous and haunting - urge us to look deeper. To be kind, to be human. To cherish the earth. I am in love! -- Isabella Tree, author of WILDINGThe shortest BIG book I've ever read...strong and luminous as a needed beacon in a fog of disinformation and dismay, Julian Aguon with this small book emerges already a giant. -- Tommy Orange, author of THERE THERENo Country For Eight-Spot Butterflies broke my heart into anger and remade it into hope. Full of a fierce empathy, it is a brilliant, incandescent book. Julian Aguon shows us how love and beauty might guide us into a better, more equitable world. -- Seán HewittA breathtaking book and I mean it - this book took my breath away. No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies is so alive with passion, wisdom and heart, you can almost feel its pulse. -- Junot Díaz, author of THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAOIt had me in its embrace like the oldest and dearest of friends... Overflowing with warmth and wisdom and defying all categorisation, No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies is philosophy, poetry, memoir, history and self-help for humanity. With bottomless love for his people and place, Aguon guides us through a portal to the Pacific, sharing deep insights earned from life on the existential knife's edge.' -- Naomi Klein, author of THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING and NO LOGONo Country For Eight-Spot Butterflies... is uncategorisable - part memoir, part manifesto, part poetry and entirely beautiful... This is a book of passion and possibility, and unlike anything else I've read on our shared world and future. * Geographical *
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Practical Action Publishing Tiny Engines of Abundance: A history of peasant
Book SynopsisThis book provides a historical and comparative perspective of peasant productivity using case studies portraying the extraordinary efficiency with which English cottagers, Jamaican ex-slaves, Guatemalan Mayan campesinos, Nigerian hill farmers and Kerala hut dwellers obtained bountiful and diversified harvests from small parcels of land, provisioning for their families and often local markets. These stories provide us with pictures of carefully limited needs, of sustainable livelihoods and of resilient self-reliance attacked relentlessly and mercilessly in the name of capital, progress, development, modernity and/or the state. For two hundred years we have been told that the hundreds of thousands, or millions, or billions of hungry mouths require that peasants be dispossessed to allow more industrious farmers to feed them. This book helps make it clear how wrong we have been. Handy's approach is original, and the book will engage people interested in the history of the peasantry, rural development, and the quest for food sovereignty.
£18.95
Practical Action Publishing Tiny Engines of Abundance: A history of peasant
Book SynopsisThis book provides a historical and comparative perspective of peasant productivity using case studies portraying the extraordinary efficiency with which English cottagers, Jamaican ex-slaves, Guatemalan Mayan campesinos, Nigerian hill farmers and Kerala hut dwellers obtained bountiful and diversified harvests from small parcels of land, provisioning for their families and often local markets. These stories provide us with pictures of carefully limited needs, of sustainable livelihoods and of resilient self-reliance attacked relentlessly and mercilessly in the name of capital, progress, development, modernity and/or the state. For two hundred years we have been told that the hundreds of thousands, or millions, or billions of hungry mouths require that peasants be dispossessed to allow more industrious farmers to feed them. This book helps make it clear how wrong we have been. Handy's approach is original, and the book will engage people interested in the history of the peasantry, rural development, and the quest for food sovereignty.
£44.96
Emerald Publishing Limited Unsettling Colonial Automobilities:
Book SynopsisUnsettling Colonial Automobilities explores the vehicle's role in imposing colonialism on Indigenous people and proposes an Indigenous automobility that reclaims sovereignty over place and centricity. Based on extensive fieldwork within First Nations communities, accounts from Indigenous scholars and activists in Australia, New Zealand/Aotearoa, Canada and the United States, and cinematic/literary representations, this contribution challenges unrestricted mobility in modernity and highlights the vehicle's impact on Indigenous communities. Chapters examine how Indigenous people are criminalized for non-compliance with vehicle regulations, explores the vehicle as a tool of racial violence, and discusses how Indigenous communities utilize vehicles for protection, cultural expression, and reconnection with their land. By demonstrating the vehicle's involvement in colonial violence and its potential for empowering Indigenous cultures, Unsettling Colonial Automobilities acknowledges the significance of human movement, migration, and boundary-transcendence in modern life while acknowledging the dark history associated with these phenomena.Trade ReviewWith the turn of every page, you will be intrigued, because who would have ever thought that a motor vehicle and its relationship with First Nations Australians would be so intense and ever so present in our criminalization since colonization that it continues even today. -- Leanne Liddle, Arrernte Woman, Northern Territory Australian of the Year 2022 and Director of the Northern Territory Aboriginal Justice UnitTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Colonial Processes of Enforced Mobility and Immobility Chapter 2. Neo-colonial Interventions – Regulating First Nations Peoples’ Motor Vehicles and Criminalising Drivers Chapter 3. Cars, Courts and Carceralism Chapter 4. Necroautomobility and the Colonial Chase in the Cultural Imagination Chapter 5. No Justice, No Peace: Police Necroautomobility and Lack of Accountability Chapter 6. “I’ve Been Chased by People in Cars – White People in Cars” – Settler Necroautomobility in the Murders and Disappearances of First Nations Peoples Chapter 7. Automobility in First Nations Sovereignty-Making Conclusion
£76.00
Berghahn Books Enacted Relations: Performing Knowledge in an
Book Synopsis The Yolngu Indigenous people in the Northeast Arnhem Land of Australia respond to neo-colonial challenges by continuing to affirm their political autonomy and transmit ‘Yolngu Law’, which are ways of knowing and being with the younger generation. They deal with non-indigenous institutions, through participation of bodies, language, things, images of movement and notions of mutual care, feelings and accountability. This book explores the Yolngu relational ontology and epistemology in the context of everyday practices, ritual ceremonies, bicultural education, vernacular Christianity and the production of popular music.Trade Review “This is an excellent exploration and exegesis of Yolngu performance in all its varied forms from ceremonial to popular song and dance … This book is a highly satisfying and compelling read as its penetrating argument utilizes a sophisticated interweaving of theory and ethnography to demonstrate how learning ‘The Law’ is a foundational sense of being in and part of the boneland, (ngaraka), knowing the stories, being able to relate appropriately to kin and country and having the skills, knowledge, rights and ability to perform the songs and dances.” • Fiona Magowan, Queen’s University Belfast.Table of Contents Illustrations Introduction: Performance, Connectivity, and Co-Becoming Chapter 1. Learning Yolngu Law Chapter 2. Encountering Others in the Field Chapter 3. The Body as Principle and Image of Connectedness Chapter 4. Names and Naming Chapter 5. The Law of the Songs Chapter 6. Dancing with and for Others Chapter 7. Creating Your Vision, Sharing Culture and Cultural Remix Conclusion: Understanding through Feeling References Index
£89.10
Emerald Publishing Limited Indigenous African Enterprise: The Igbo
Book SynopsisThis volume of Advanced Series in Management traces the origins, development, and key themes of the business practices of Nigeria’s south-eastern Igbos including apprenticeships, entrepreneurial clusters, sales practices, conflict management, talent recruitment, indigenous financial practices, locally-generated venture capital, family businesses, and succession planning. The Igbo Traditional Business School (I-TBS) is not a conventional academic institution as it operates outside the classroom. Though without a library, or even an address, its tradition of lifelong entrepreneurial learning is an important area to explore. At a time when there is increased interest in Africa-centric business models, it is valuable to consider sustainable business prototypes built on established cultural practices, norms, and values. Academics will find the examination of innovative I-TBS business practices, a valuable contribution to sustainable development discourse in Africa and frontier markets. Practitioners and policymakers will gain insights into the unique practices of an indigenous entrepreneurship system in an African context, with implications for socioeconomic advancements.Trade ReviewA fascinating intellectual discourse on one of Africa's most successful business models of which I am a proud beneficiary. -- Dr Cosmas Maduka (CON)Table of ContentsForeword by Azubuike Sonny Nwankwo Part A. An introduction to the Igbo Traditional Business School (I-TBS) Chapter 1. The Igbo Traditional Business School (I-TBS): An Introduction; Ogechi Adeola Chapter 2. Igba-Boi: Historical Transitions of the Igbo Apprenticeship Model; Adebukola E. Oyewunmi, Olabode A. Oyewunmi, and Chinonye L. Moses Chapter 3. Entrepreneurship Incubation Among the Nigerian Igbos: The Íǥba-Bọị Indigenous Model; Anayo D. Nkamnebe and Esther N. Ezemba Chapter 4. The Igbo Traditional Business School (I-TBS): A SWOT Review Synthesis; Ishmael Obaeko Iwara Part B. Indigenous Business Management and Succession Planning Chapter 5. Family Business, Succession Planning and Survival Strategies; Okey Nwuke, Chiz Nwoye, and Nnaemeka J. Onoyima Chapter 6. Talent Management and Succession Planning in Traditional Igbo Businesses; Chidi Okoro and Nkemdilim Iheanachor Chapter 7. Talent Recruitment, Knowledge Management and Business Performance: A Case Analysis of Igbo Traders in Lagos State; Ngozi Ann Chikere, Adenike Aderonke Moradeyo, and Isaiah Adisa Part C. Financial Practices, Sales Negotiation and Conflict Management Chapter 8. Cultural Practices in Sales Negotiations: Insights from the Indigenous Igbo Trade Practice; Uche Attoh, and Ademola Ajeyomi Chapter 9. Understanding the Conflict Management and Transformation Mechanisms in the Igbo Traditional Business Model; Silk Ugwu Ogbu Chapter 10. Indigenous Financial Practices of Igbo Micro-Entrepreneurs in Lagos; Ogechi Adeola, Uchenna Uzo, and Adedeji Adewusi Part D. Business Incubators and Models Chapter 11. Indigenous Business Incubators: A focus on the Akwete Weaving Industry; Victoria Okafor, Ogechi Adeola, and Afam Ituma Chapter 12. Mutual Aid Economy: Exploring the Locally-Generated Venture Capital Approach In Igbo Business Industrial Clusters; Awele Achi and Francis Achi Chapter 13. Nollywood: Exploring the History and Indigenous Distribution Structure of the Igbos; Ngozi Okpara Chapter 14. Profiling the Socio-Cultural Attributes of Igbo Business Incubation in Diaspora: The South African Experience; Kingsley Ekene Amaechi Part E. Recommendations for Policy and Practice Chapter 15. Igba-Boi: Comparison with the German Model and Recommendations for the Nigerian Economy; Obinna Ikwuegbu, Oluyemisi Bolade-Ogunfodun, Kola Yusuff, and Bernd Vogel Chapter 16. The Igbo Business Practice: Towards a Model for Africa - Conclusion and Recommendations; Ogechi Adeola
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Practical Action Publishing Crossed Off the Map: Travels in Bolivia
Book SynopsisBlending travel writing, history and reportage, ''Crossed off the Map: Travels in Bolivia'' journeys from the Andes to the Amazon to explore Bolivia's turbulent past and contemporary challenges. It tells the story of the country's profound and unexpected influence on the wider world over the last 500 years fragments of history largely forgotten beyond its borders. Once home to one of the wealthiest cities on Earth, Bolivia kickstarted globalisation, helped to power Europe's economic growth and trigger dynastic collapse in China, and played host to everyone from Che Guevara to Butch Cassidy.The book also explores how ordinary Bolivians in and around the world's highest city, largest salt flat, richest silver mine and most biodiverse national park are coping with some of the touchstone issues of the 21st century: the climate emergency, populism, mass migration, indigenous rights, national identity, rapid urbanisation, and the war on drugs'.In its pages, award-winning journalist and travel writer Shafik Meghji illuminates the dramatic landscapes, distinct cultures and diverse peoples of a country that in the words of one interviewee was the building block of the modern world, but is now lost in time'.''Crossed off the Map'' has been shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year, the British Guild of Travel Writers Narrative Travel Book of the Year and the Great Outdoors Book of the Year.
£43.16
University of London The Terms of Our Surrender: Colonialism,
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Unicorn Publishing Group The Chinese Path and Philosophy
Book SynopsisSince the reform and opening-up, China's development has been evident to all. Its people have gained a sense of high achievement. These are all due to the advanced political system and the government's leadership. From a global perspective, the miracle of China's growth is not just about the scale and speed; more importantly, China has made a breakthrough in two paradoxes in the history of human development. Firstly, China did not follow the western imperialist example, focusing on its internal issues and keeping world peace. Secondly, China managed to avoid the predestined bottleneck of developing countries. Most developing countries are dependent on the Western-centric model of globalisation and could not achieve economic and political autonomy. In comparison, China maintained its independence, alleviated poverty and avoided the middle-income trap. The book analyses the advantage in economics and governance and traces the root of the Chinese way and philosophy through its culture and history.
£45.00
Monash University Publishing Time to Listen: An Indigenous Voice to Parliament
Book SynopsisIn 2023, debate about an Indigenous Voice to Parliament swirls around us as Australia heads towards a referendum on amending the Constitution to make this Voice a reality. The idea of a First Nations Voice' was famously raised in 2017, when Indigenous leaders drafted the Uluru Statement from the Heart. It was envisioned as a representative body, enshrined in the Constitution, that would advise federal parliament and the executive government on laws and policies of significance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. But while Indigenous people may finally get their Voice, will it be heard? In Time to Listen, Melissa Castan and Lynette Russell explore how the need for a Voice has its roots in what anthropologist WEH Stanner in the late 1960s called the Great Australian Silence', whereby the history and culture of Indigenous Australians have been largely ignored by the wider society. This forgetting' has not been incidental but rather an intentional, initially colonial policy of erasement. So have times now changed? Is the tragedy of that national silencea refusal to acknowledge Indigenous agency and cultural achievementsfinally coming to an end? The Voice to Parliament can be a transformational legal and political institutional reform, but only if we really listen to Indigenous people, and they are clearly heard when they speak.
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New India Publishing Agency Intellectual Property Rights and Public Policy
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United Nations State of the world's indigenous peoples: rights to lands, territories and resources
Book SynopsisThis publication offers a wide-ranging perspective on indigenous peoples' rights to lands, territories and resources, examining legislation and agreements at the national and international level, identifying successful practices and continued obstacles, and suggesting ways forward. Adopted in 2007, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples positions the right to self-determination and collective rights to lands, territories and resources at its core. Previously two of the most politically charged issues under negotiation, the right to self-determination and the right to natural resources on indigenous lands and territories remain politicized more than 10 years later. Specifically addressed in Articles 25 through 32, indigenous peoples' relationship to their land, territory and resources is at the heart of their identity, well-being and culture, while preservation of the environment, transmitted through generations of traditional knowledge, is at the centre of their existence. The importance of indigenous knowledge and territorial rights is becoming more widely acknowledged. Moreover, the 2030 Agenda's integrated approach to economic, environmental and social development within a human rights framework gives space to demonstrate how indigenous stewardship of lands, territories and resources can achieve accelerated action towards implementation of several Sustainable Development Goals
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New India Publishing Agency An Introduction To Intellectual Property Rights
Book SynopsisManju Pathak is presently a Professor of Biotechnology at Amity University, Noida. Earlier to this, she was a Professor of Biotechnology at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) University, Vellore, Tamilnadu.Table of Contents01. Introduction to IPR 02. Patent Specification Drafting 03. IPR Issues 04. Patent Applications 05. Patent Bodies 06. Other Fields of Intellectual Property Protection 07. Diagrammatic Presentation of Processes Involved in Obtaining an Indian Patent
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ISEAS The Debate on the Ba'Alawi Lineage in Indonesia:
Book SynopsisA scholar from Nahdlatul Ulama by the name of Imaduddin Utsman has recently challenged the long-accepted claim that the Ba'Alawi—Muslims of Hadhrami descent also known in Indonesia as habaib—are descendants of Prophet Muhammad. The challenge arose out of his critical examination of available records on the Prophet's lineage from the fifth century to the tenth century of Islam. His unprecedented challenge courted controversy in Indonesia. It was even more surprising that it came from a religious scholar with a traditionalist background. The debate that ensued was inevitable as the habaib community had to defend their ancestry, and joining them in their defence were some Javanese Muslim scholars. However, Imaduddin actively rebutted their responses, alongside several other like-minded non-Arab scholars. This article examines the debate where both sides presented documents and theories about the (dis)connection of the Ba'Alawi lineage to Prophet Muhammad. We argue that while Imaduddin's research does not fully invalidate the Ba'Alawi lineage, the habaib have not been entirely convincing—from Imaduddin's perspective—about their genealogy. Nevertheless, the authority of the habaib remains intact despite the challenge to their lineage. This is because they can derive their authority from other factors apart from their lineage.
£6.95
