Developing Governance and Governing Development: International Case Studies of Indigenous Futures - Paperback

by Diane Smith (Editor), Alice Wighton (Editor), Stephen Cornell (Editor)

Globally, far too many discussions about Indigenous governance and development are dominated by accounts of disadvantage, deficit and failure. This book paints a different international picture, testifying to Indigenous peoples as agents of governance innovation and successful developers in their own right, telling stories in their words, from their own experiences and countries. From Indigenous voices, we hear alternative concepts and measures of effectiveness, legitimacy, success and sustainability.

Indigenous stories and voices are captured as case study chapters, written in lively, clear language about what is happening that is promising and productive in Indigenous self-determined governance for self-determined development in Canada, Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and the USA; all English colonial-settler countries.

Author Biography

Diane Smith is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the Australian Nation University.

Stephen Cornell is Faculty Chair of the Native Nations Institute, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, and Emeritus Director of the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona.

Adam Delaney is a full-time PhD scholar with the Australian National University.

Alice Wighton is a Research Officer at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the Australian Nation University.