Indigenous politics in the<i>Australian Journal of Political Science</i>: A review

Sanders, Will

doi:10.1080/10361146.2015.1114561

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“…This proportion is roughly the same when we look at all authors of Indigenous politics readings on the list, where 47 per cent of the authors identified as Indigenous. This number is consistent with some of the scholarship beyond the Canadian context that suggests Indigenous scholars and faculty are underrepresented in political science (see, for example, Sanders, 2015; Sawers and Curtin, 2016). Taken together, these findings suggest that when it comes to the assignment of “canonical” readings on Indigenous politics in the Canadian field, women and Indigenous scholars continue to be marginalized and undercited.…”

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Beyond the “Add and Stir” Approach: Indigenizing Comprehensive Exam Reading Lists in Canadian Political Science

Wallace

2022

Can J Pol Sci

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Have universities heeded the call from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and taken concrete action to integrate and promote Indigenous scholarship in their classrooms? In the field of Canadian political science, this question is vital but underanalyzed. Indigenous knowledges, histories, languages, customs, legal traditions, systems of governance and research methodologies are integral to Canadian politics, but calls for indigenization have often not been met. By analyzing comprehensive exam reading lists for Canadian politics doctoral students in programs across the country, this article argues that a fractured approach to indigenization begins early on in the training of faculty. Indigenous content remains largely underrepresented on exam lists and siloed into Indigenous- or diversity-focused sections of the political science literature. Most Indigenous politics readings engage centrally with sovereignty and the Constitution, with very few exploring the political dimensions of residential schools, gendered violence and other contemporary political issues.

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confidence: 76%

Beyond the “Add and Stir” Approach: Indigenizing Comprehensive Exam Reading Lists in Canadian Political Science

Wallace

2022

Can J Pol Sci

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“…Prominent are the Anglo-Saxon (cf. Bruyneel, 2014; Evans, 2011a, 2011b, 2014; Ladner, 2017; Sanders, 2015) or Latin American country studies (cf. VanCott, 2010; Yashar, 2005).…”

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“…Second, most of these studies lack a broader comparative dimension, focusing mostly on a single or a small group of countries (cf. the reviews of Bruyneel, 2014; Ladner, 2017; Sanders, 2015).…”

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The Constitutionalization of Indigenous Group Rights, Traditional Political Institutions, and Customary Law

Holzinger

Haer

Bayer

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Comparative Political Studies

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Many constitutions of the world contain special provisions for indigenous communities, granting them particular rights and regulating their traditional political institutions and customary law. Building on rational theories of constitution-making, we employ a demand and supply framework to explain the constitutionalization of such provisions. To test our hypotheses, we code the presence of indigenous provisions in the current constitutions of 193 United Nations member states. We find full democracy and previous conflict to stimulate the inclusion of indigenous group rights but not of customary law and traditional institutions. Customary law and traditional institutions are more likely constitutionalized in countries with high ethnic fractionalization. Low levels of modernity affect particularly the constitutionalization of traditional political institutions, while low levels of development correlate with provisions on customary law. Former British colonies are more likely to constitutionalize customary law.

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“…A recent article by Will Sanders reviewing Indigenous-focused publications for the fiftieth anniversary of the Australian Journal of Political Science also noted that such publications were “slow to emerge” with 45 articles, 3 review essays and 40 book reviews; 12 of these articles having been published between 2010 and 2013 (Sanders, 2015: 679, 691). Similar to the state of the discipline in Canada, authors have been almost exclusively non-Indigenous (with no publications by Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islanders) and have focused on the intersection between Indigenous peoples and the state.…”

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Taking the Field: 50 Years of Indigenous Politics in theCJPS

Ladner

2017

Can J Pol Sci

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This article reviews the place of Indigenous politics in the last 50 years of Canadian political science. Focusing on the CJPS, it looks at broad themes and clusters in the literature over time, while also trying to explain how the roots of the discipline continue to impact the development of political science in Canada and thus CJPS. I argue that while at least 43 articles have dealt with Indigenous politics (solely or as a significant focus) and at least 18 have had some significant discussion thereof, there nonetheless remains a disconnect between Indigenous politics and the discipline. This disconnect exists because of the methodological and epistemological foundations of the discipline which have resulted in a focus limited to the Westphalian state. While the disconnect between Indigenous politics and the discipline has waned considerably (43 of 61 articles have been published since 2000) as there has been an awakening of sorts, a disconnect nevertheless still exists.

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Indigenous politics in theAustralian Journal of Political Science: A review

Cited by 11 publications

References 51 publications

Beyond the “Add and Stir” Approach: Indigenizing Comprehensive Exam Reading Lists in Canadian Political Science

Beyond the “Add and Stir” Approach: Indigenizing Comprehensive Exam Reading Lists in Canadian Political Science

The Constitutionalization of Indigenous Group Rights, Traditional Political Institutions, and Customary Law

Taking the Field: 50 Years of Indigenous Politics in theCJPS

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