Indigenous Politics

Over the last fifty years, indigenous politics has become an increasingly important field of study. Recognition of self-determination rights are being demanded by indigenous peoples around the world. Indigenous struggles for political representation are shaped by historical and social circumstances particular to their nations but there are nevertheless many shared experiences. What are some of the commonalities, similarities and differences to indigenous representation, participation and mobilisation? This anthology provides a comparative perspective on institutional arrangements that provide for varying degrees of indigenous representation, including different forms of indigenous self-organisation as well as government-created structures for indigenous representation. A range of comparative and country-specific studies provide a wealth of information on institutional arrangements and processes that mobilise indigenous peoples and how they negotiate alliances and handle conflict.

Author Biography

MIKKEL BERG-NORDLIE is a researcher at NIBR – Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research. He is currently writing a history PhD at the University of Tromso – the Arctic University of Norway. His research is mainly on political organisation, representation, governance and discourses related to indigenous peoples and other ethnic minorities particularly in, but not limited to, Russia and the Nordic countries.JO SAGLIE is Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research, Oslo, Norway and Adjunct Senior Researcher at the Sami University College in Guovdageaidnu, Norway. His main research interests include party organisations and intra-party democracy, local elections and local democracy, as well as indigenous politics.ANN SULLIVAN is a member of the northern Ngapuhi tribe of New Zealand. She is an Associate Professor of Maori Studies and co-Head of Te Wananga o Waipapa/School of Maori Studies and Pacific Studies, University of Auckland. Her main research interests are Maori electoral behaviour, representation and public police policy. Her teaching covers a range of areas of Maori development with an emphasis on public policy.