Inalienable Properties: The Political Economy of Indigenous Land Reform - Brossura

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Baxter, Jamie

 
9780774863438: Inalienable Properties: The Political Economy of Indigenous Land Reform
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ISBN 10: 0774863439 ISBN 13: 9780774863438
Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2021

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As many indigenous communities return to self-governance and self-determination, they are reevaluating their own approaches to property rights and community development. Why did the Nisga’a Nation introduce property rights that can be traded in the market? And how have communities such as the Membertou First Nation sustained control over their lands in the face of economic pressures for commodity rights? Inalienable Properties explores the contrasting approaches to land rights illustrated by four indigenous communities in Canada: the Westbank, Membertou, Nisga’a, and James Bay Cree Nations.

Jamie Baxter traces how local leaders set the course of land rights and development in their communities during formative periods of legal and economic upheaval. Drawing on new research about institutional change in organizational settings such as business firms and labor unions, Baxter uses game theory to explore how community leaders have sustained inalienable land rights without turning to either persuasion or coercive force, the two levers of power normally associated with political leadership. Inalienable Properties challenges the view that liberalized land markets are the inevitable result of legal and economic change. It shows how inalienability can result from intentional choices and is linked to structures of decision-making that have long-lasting consequences for communities.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Jamie Baxter is associate professor of law at Dalhousie University, where he writes and teaches about land, food and agriculture, local government, and political economy.

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Editore
Univ of British Columbia Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2021
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0774863439
ISBN 13 
9780774863438
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
217
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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ISBN 10:  0774863420 ISBN 13:  9780774863421
Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2020
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