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This original book is the first comprehensive integration of political theory to explain indigenous politics. It assesses the ways in which indigenous and liberal political theories interact to consider the practical policy implications of the indigenous right to self-determination. The author reveals indigeneity's concern for political relationships, agendas, and ideas beyond the ethnic minority claim to liberal recognition. The implications for national reconciliation, liberal democracy, citizenship and historical constraints on political authority are explored. This innovative, theoretically sophisticated and vibrant work will be of broad international interest to a transcultural, transnational and global phenomenon.

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An incredible and seminal work. The first book-length study of comparative indigenous politics to examine the indigenous domination of Fijian politics. O'Sullivan coherently and expertly explains the diverse expressions of indigenous self-determination across New Zealand, Australia and Fiji. Dr. Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

""An incredible and seminal work. The first book-length study of comparative indigenous politics to examine the indigenous domination of Fijian politics. O'Sullivan coherently and expertly explains the diverse expressions of indigenous self-determination across New Zealand, Australia and Fiji."" Dr. Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald, University of Canterbury, New Zealand ""It is a thoughtful book with a well-supported and optimistic position. A little optimism doesn’t hurt in the age of neoliberalism."" Pacific Affairs

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Dominic O'Sullivan is Associate Professor of Political Science at Charles Sturt University. He is a member of the Te Rarawa and Ngati Kahu tribes of northern New Zealand and has more than 50 publications, including five previous books, most recently, Indigenous health: power, politics and citizenship (Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing).

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