Indigenous Peoples and the State in Settler Societies: Toward a More Robust Definition of Multilevel Governance

Over the past fifty years, Indigenous peoples in settler countries have mobilized to demand policy and institutional changes from their respective states. Although some scholars have employed multilevel governance (MLG) to make sense of these developments, none has examined systematically whether ML...

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Published in:Publius 2014, Vol.44 (1), p.183-204
Main Authors: Alcantara, Christopher, Nelles, Jen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Canada
Canadian native peoples
Central-local government relations
Collaboration
Federalism
Governance
Government
Government relations
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples in Canada
Indigenous peoples-government relations
Indigenous Populations
Intellectuals
Interaction
Interactionism
Intergovernmental relations
Land tenure
Native American land tenure
Native Americans
Native peoples
Political aspects
Political science
Political science research
Political theory
Public policy
Self determination
Settlers
Society
Subnational governments
Treaties
Tribal government
University administration
Water governance
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Summary:Over the past fifty years, Indigenous peoples in settler countries have mobilized to demand policy and institutional changes from their respective states. Although some scholars have employed multilevel governance (MLG) to make sense of these developments, none has examined systematically whether MLG accurately describes these phenomena. We address this lacuna by creating a more robust definition of MLG and applying it to a sample of Indigenous–settler interactions in Canada. Our findings suggest that MLG is an applicable concept for some, but not for all of the Indigenous–state interactions that are typically assumed to be instances of MLG. This conceptual clarification should help scholars from a variety of countries to use MLG more effectively to analyze the relationships between Indigenous peoples and their respective states.
ISSN:0048-5950
1747-7107
DOI:10.1093/publius/pjt013