Colonial Politics of Hope - Critical Junctures of Indigenous-State Relations

Through analyses of cases in Australia, Finland, Greenland and elsewhere, the book illuminates how states appropriate hope as a means to stall and circumscribe political processes of recognising the rights of indigenous peoples.

List of contents

1 Hope on the horizon 2 Equivocal hope 3 Battlefields of recognition 4 Fickle contractuality 5 Colonialism in the grammar of hope 6 Conclusion

About the author

Marjo Lindroth is a university researcher in the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, Finland.
Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen is a university lecturer and feminist scholar at the University of Lapland, Finland.
Lindroth’s and Sinevaara-Niskanen’s previous joint work includes the book Global Politics and its Violent Care for Indigeneity: Sequels to Colonialism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), which illustrates how the inclusion and recognition of indigeneity in global politics constitute a continuation of colonial practices. Their work has been published in journals such as International Political Sociology, Global Society, and Resilience: International Policies, Practices and Discourse.

Summary

Through analyses of cases in Australia, Finland, Greenland and elsewhere, the book illuminates how states appropriate hope as a means to stall and circumscribe political processes of recognising the rights of indigenous peoples.

Product details

• Authors: Marjo Lindroth, Marjo (The University of Lapland Lindroth, Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9780367755676
• ISBN: 978-0-367-75567-6
• No. of pages: 138
• Series: Interventions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Politics & government, Politics and government, Social and cultural anthropology