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As many Indigenous communities return to self-governance and self-determination, they are taking their own approaches to property rights and community development. Based on case studies in four Indigenous communities the Westbank, Membertou, Nisga'a, and James Bay Cree nations Jamie Baxter traces how local leaders have set the course for land rights and development during formative periods of legal and economic upheaval. Drawing on new research about institutional change in organizational settings, Baxter explores when and how community leaders have sustained inalienable land rights without turning to either persuasion or coercive force the two levers of power normally associated with political leadership.

Inalienable Properties challenges the view that liberalized land markets are the inevitable result of legal and economic change. It shows how inalienability can result from intentional choices and is linked to structures of decision-making that have long-lasting

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 7/3/2020
      ISBN13: 9780774863421, 978-0774863421
      ISBN10: 0774863420
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      Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity

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      Book Synopsis

      As many Indigenous communities return to self-governance and self-determination, they are taking their own approaches to property rights and community development. Based on case studies in four Indigenous communities the Westbank, Membertou, Nisga'a, and James Bay Cree nations Jamie Baxter traces how local leaders have set the course for land rights and development during formative periods of legal and economic upheaval. Drawing on new research about institutional change in organizational settings, Baxter explores when and how community leaders have sustained inalienable land rights without turning to either persuasion or coercive force the two levers of power normally associated with political leadership.

      Inalienable Properties challenges the view that liberalized land markets are the inevitable result of legal and economic change. It shows how inalienability can result from intentional choices and is linked to structures of decision-making that have long-lasting

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