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Indigeneity and Political Theory engages some of the profound challenges to

traditions of modern political theory that have been posed over the past two

decades. Karena Shaw is especially concerned with practices of sovereignty

as they are embedded in and shape Indigenous politics, and responses to

Indigenous politics.

Drawing on theories of post-coloniality, feminism, globalization, and

international politics, and using examples of contemporary political practice

including court cases and specific controversies, Shaw seeks to...

On the remote outer coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Clayoquot Sound might seem to be situated at the periphery of contemporary power and authority. And yet, as the disputed land of native peoples and the contentious site of corporate logging in one of the world's last remaining temperate rain forests, Clayoquot Sound is also squarely in the middle of global politics today. These authors develop a new way of making sense of the rapidly changing character of political life in our day, revealing the political problems and possibilities inherent in the convergence of the global and...

An innovative look at the convergence of global trends and local struggles in this out-of-the-way place. Clayoquot Sound, on the remote outer coast of Vancouver Island, might seem to be at the periphery of contemporary power and authority. Yet, as the disputed land of Native peoples and the contentious site of corporate logging in one of the world's last remaining temperate rain forests, it is squarely in the middle of global politics. A Political Space develops a new way of making sense of the rapidly changing character of political life in our day and reveals the political problems and...

This critical reassessment of sovereignty in political theory disputes assumptions that challenges posed by indigenous politics are marginal to contemporary political theory, instead, the author argues, new ways of doing political theory must be found that recognise their centrality.