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Decolonizing Authority: The Conflict on Wet'suwet'en Territory.
- Source :
- Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue Canadienne de Science Politique; Mar2022, Vol. 55 Issue 1, p40-58, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- One of the leading features of colonialism is the imposition on a given territory and people a framework for what constitutes authority that renders pre-existing governing practices and legal orders unrecognizable as features of legitimate law and governance. Understood in this way, colonialism renders Indigenous law and governing practices invisible. As a result, decolonization requires changing how authority is apprehended and not only how it is distributed. This article compares two frameworks of authority in relation to the conflict on Wet'suwet'en territory: liberal postcolonial statism and relational pluralism. It shows how each framework provides a distinct lens through which to understand the pertinent features of political authority but argues that relational pluralism presents a better account of how to reconceive political authority in the context of real-world conflict. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- DECOLONIZATION
COLONIZATION
IMPERIALISM
PLURALISM
POLITICAL participation
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00084239
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue Canadienne de Science Politique
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 155884849
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423921000858