American Indians and the trouble with sovereignty : structuring self-determination through federalism / Kouslaa T. Kessler-Mata.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kessler-Mata, Kouslaa T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Government relations.

Indians of North America--Politics and government.

Self-determination, National--United States.

Self-determination, National.

Tribal government--Law and legislation--United States.

Tribal government.

Sovereignty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 135 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

With tribes and individual Indians increasingly participating in American electoral politics, this study examines the ways in which tribes work together with state and local governments to overcome significant governance challenges. Much scholarship on tribal governance continues to rely on a concept of tribal sovereignty that does not allow for or help structure this type of governance activity. The resulting tension which emerges in both theory and practice from American Indian intergovernmental affairs is illuminated here and the limits of existing theory are confronted. Kessler-Mata presents an argument for tribal sovereignty to be normatively understood and pragmatically pursued through efforts aimed at interdependence, not autonomy. By turning toward theories of federalism and freedom in the republican tradition, the author provides an alternative framework for thinking about the goals and aspirations of tribal self-determination.

Contents:

The conceptual limits of tribal sovereignty

Building the constitutive theory of tribal sovereignty

A basis for equal footing? The politics of tribal-state relations

Disabling arbitrary interference

Political participation: a hallmark of incorporation

The constitutive theory as a theory of freedom.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Oct 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-24499-8

1-108-23533-6

1-108-24671-0