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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: 0415805716     ISBN-13: 9780415805711
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $58.89  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2009
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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, committing itself to a long-run strategy of negotiation over a number of claims and over a significant course of time.

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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy
- Political Science | Civil Rights
- Law | Property
Dewey: 346.043
Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6" W x 9" (0.87 lbs) 260 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Australian
- Cultural Region - Canadian
 
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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.