Fédéralisme et gouvernance autochtone / Federalism and Indigenous Governance
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Nb. de pages:
220
Description
This path-breaking book, with contributions in both languages, addresses various aspects of the relationship between Aboriginal self-determination and the federal form of organization and governance. The contributing authors are among the most renowned legal scholars and political scientists of Canada and the United States. Some of them ask whether federalism is ideologically and theoretically adequate for redefining the relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the State. Others look at the more operational dimensions of setting up and implementing federal governance, such as the challenges of negotiating intergovernmental agreements, the individual’s role as a federal actor, or the tension between recognition of Aboriginal sovereignty and the existing division of powers and responsibilities between the federal government and the provinces. The book helps to understand not only federalism’s potential for innovation but also its limitations as a principle for organizing the coexistence between Aboriginal peoples and Euro-descended society in North America.