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1 online resource (153 pages) |
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text file |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title page -- Imprints page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Conceptual Limits of Tribal Sovereignty -- The Recent History of Federal Indian Policy -- Definitions: Self-Governance, Self-Determination, and Tribal Sovereignty -- The Trouble with Sovereignty Outline -- Challenges to Tribal Self-Governance and Self-Determination -- Federalizing Tribal Sovereignty: Considerations and Objections -- Additional Objections -- Summary -- 2 Building the Constitutive Theory of Tribal Sovereignty |
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Tribal Sovereignty RedefinedTheoretical Contexts -- Scholarship on Indian Affairs: From Limited to Imaginative -- Limits in Liberal Democratic Theory -- Federalism: Place-based Self-Determination for Tribes -- Summary -- 3 Regional Dilemmas: The Politics of Tribalâ#x80;#x93;State Relations -- Negotiating Geographies and Jurisdictions: Three Cases -- Tulalip, Washington -- Humboldt and Hoopa, California -- The Denali Commission Model -- Representation -- Insulation and Incubation -- Public Displays of Conflict -- Public Justification -- Some Observations |
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Limits and Benefits of Agreement-MakingSummary -- 4 Disabling Arbitrary Interference -- Antiquated Sovereignties: From Westphalia to Felix Cohen -- The Limits of Self-Governance: Plenary Power in Indian Country -- Treaties and Trust -- Defining Trust -- Summary -- 5 Political Participation: A Hallmark of Incorporation -- Reframing Wilkinsâ#x80;#x99; Inquiry -- Typologies of Indian Participation -- Individual Indian Participation and Party Politics -- Tribal Participation -- Implications for Tribal Sovereignty -- 6 The Constitutive Theory as a Theory of Freedom |
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Structure(Neo- )Republicanism and Its Principles -- Plenary Power as a Form of Domination -- Federalism as a Mechanism for Self-Government -- A Few Express Implications -- Final Words -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
Kessler-Mata argues for a constitutive theory of tribal sovereignty based on the interconnected relationships between tribes and non-federal governments. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Indians of North America -- Government relations.
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Indians of North America -- Government relations. |
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Indians of North America -- Politics and government.
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Indians of North America -- Politics and government. |
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Self-determination, National -- United States.
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United States. |
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Tribal government -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Self-determination, National. |
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LAW -- Constitutional. |
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Tribal government -- Law and legislation. |
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LAW -- Public. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kessler-Mata, Kouslaa T. American Indians and the Trouble with Sovereignty : A Turn Toward Structural Self-Determination. New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2017 9781108415866 |
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9781108246712 |
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1108246710 |
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9781108235334 |
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1108235336 |
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9781108415866 |
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1108415865 |
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9781108402446 (paperback) |
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