The Present Politics of the Past: Indigenous Legal Activism and Resistance to (Neo)Liberal Governmentality / Edition 1

by Seán Patrick Eudaily

Overview

This work applies Jacques Derrida's framework of "spectropolitics" to (post)coloniality in order to investigate the emergence of indigenous peoples' movements, advances a poststructural approach to the analysis of liberal politics based upon the historical sociology of Michel Foucault, and critically engages the literatures on ethnic politics, critical legal studies, and multicultural democracy. In addition, two historical case dossiers (the Mabo v. Queensland decision and its aftermath in Australia; and the diverse legal strategies of First Nations activism in Canada following the Delgamuukw v. B.C. decision) focus on the "strategic space" in which new indigenous political identities are produced and performed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415949606
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/07/2004
Series:	Indigenous Peoples and Politics
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Seán Patrick Eudaily

Table of Contents

1. Opening Statements: Clearing a Space for Thought 2. Interrogations: An Hauntology of Indigenous Peoples in World Politics 3. Governing Free Subjects: A Genealogy of (Neo)Liberal Governmentality 4. Specters of Colonialism: Indigenous Legal Practice as Deconstructive Jurisprudence DOSSIERS Introduction DOSSIER ONE: Native Title in Australia DOSSIER TWO: Native Title in Canada5. Judgements: Indigenous Legal Claims Beyond the Limits of Liberalism