Developing Governance and Governing Development
Subtitle: International Case Studies of Indigenous Futures
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Published: 2021
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
ISBN-13: 9781538143636
Subjects: Law
Description: "Globally, far too many discussions about Indigenous governance and development are dominated by accounts of disadvantage, deficit and failure. This book paints a different international picture, testifying to Indigenous peoples as agents of governance innovation and successful developers in their own right, telling stories in their words, from their own experiences and countries. From Indigenous voices, we hear alternative concepts and measures of effectiveness, legitimacy, success and sustainability. Indigenous stories and voices are captured as 20 case study chapters, written in lively, clear language about what is happening that is promising and productive in Indigenous self-determined governance for self-determined development in Canada, Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and the USA; all English colonial-settler countries"--