1st Edition
Negotiating Claims The Emergence of Indigenous Land Claim Negotiation Policies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
By Christa Scholtz
Copyright 2006
268 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
268 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
268 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Why do governments choose to negotiate indigenous land claims rather than resolve claims through some other means? In this book Scholtz explores why a government would choose to implement a negotiation policy, where it commits itself to a long-run strategy of negotiation over a number of claims and over a significant course of time.
Through an examination strongly grounded in archival... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Negotiation: Of Recognition and Delegation 3. Indigenous Land Rights and Cabinet Decision-Making in Canada (1945-1973) 4. Cabinet Decision-Making and Maori Land Rights in New Zealand (1944-1989) 5. Cabinet Decision-Making and Indigenous Land Rights in Australia (1945-1998) 6. Litigation, not Negotiation: The American Land Claims Experience in Comparative Perspective 7. Beyond Negotiation
Biography
Christa Scholtz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University.
