| Negotiating Claims: The Emergence of Indigenous Land Claim Negotiation Policies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States Contributor(s): Scholtz, Christa (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0415976901 ISBN-13: 9780415976909 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: This book asks: Why do governments choose to negotiate indigenous land claims rather than resolve claims through some other means? Scholtz explores why a government would choose to implement a negotiation policy, where it commits itself to a long-run strategy of negotiation over a number of claims and over a significant course of time. Through an examination strongly grounded in archival research of post-WWII government decision-making in four established democracies, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, Scholtz argues that negotiation policies emerge when indigenous people mobilize politically prior to significant judicial determinations on land rights, and not after judicial change alone. Negotiating Claims links collective action and judicial change to explain the emergence of new policy institutions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Political Science | Civil Rights - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare |
| Dewey: 346.043 |
| LCCN: 2005031153 |
| Series: Indigenous Peoples and Politics |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.37" W x 9.22" (1.08 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Why do governments choose to negotiate indigenous land claims rather than resolve claims through some other means? In this book Scholtz explores why a government would choose to implement a negotiation policy, where it commits itself to a long-run strategy of negotiation over a number of claims and over a significant course of time. Through an examination strongly grounded in archival research of post-World War Two government decision-making in four established democracies - Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States - Scholtz argues that negotiation policies emerge when indigenous people mobilize politically prior to significant judicial determinations on land rights, and not after judicial change alone. Negotiating Claims links collective action and judicial change to explain the emergence of new policy institutions. |
