Settler Colonial Sovereignty: Visions of Improvement and Indigenous Erasure

Author:   Liam Midzain-Gobin
Publisher:   McGill-Queen's University Press
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9780228025498


Pages:   246
Publication Date:   31 October 2025
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Settler Colonial Sovereignty: Visions of Improvement and Indigenous Erasure


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Author:   Liam Midzain-Gobin
Publisher:   McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint:   McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN:  

9780228025498


ISBN 10:   0228025494
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   31 October 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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""An excellent book. Midzain-Gobin has produced a meticulous and wide-ranging piece of scholarship that adds to various important conversations across multiple fields: international studies, policy studies, and settler colonial studies. I do not know of many works quite like it."" - David Myer Temin, author of Remapping Sovereignty: Decolonization and Self-Determination in North American Indigenous Political Thought ""A groundbreaking work. Skilfully weaving theory and history, Midzain-Gobin problematizes the domestic-international divide at the heart of the Western-led international system by recognizing Indigenous nations as international actors."" - David B. MacDonald, author of The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Genocide, Indian Residential Schools, and the Challenge of Conciliation ""Settler Colonial Sovereignty documents the arrogance, banality, and racism of government efforts to domesticate the sovereignty of Indigenous nations through claims of science, improvement, and culture. Midzain-Gobin skilfully exposes the colonial violence undergirding notions of Canadian sovereignty."" - Ajay Parasram, author of Pluriversal Sovereignty and the State: Imperial Encounters in Sri Lanka ""Brilliant, urgent, a true must-read, this book takes readers deep into the twisted logics of how Canada justifies its rule over Indigenous Peoples and sovereignty over stolen land. Midzain-Gobin brings historical rigour and contemporary poignancy to his vital work."" - Kevin Bruyneel, author of Settler Memory: The Disavowal of Indigeneity and the Politics of Race in the United States ""An insightful and lucid account of settler colonial governance and the epistemic work continuously required to legitimate it and mystify its violences. The language of 'improvement' remains embedded in contemporary political projects of dispossession, making this book an urgent read."" - Meera Sabaratnam, author of Decolonising Intervention: International Statebuilding in Mozambique


""An excellent book. Midzain-Gobin has produced a meticulous and wide-ranging piece of scholarship that adds to various important conversations across multiple fields: international studies, policy studies, and settler colonial studies. I do not know of many works quite like it."" David Myer Temin, author of Remapping Sovereignty: Decolonization and Self-Determination in North American Indigenous Political Thought


“An excellent book. Midzain-Gobin has produced a meticulous and wide-ranging piece of scholarship that adds to various important conversations across multiple fields: international studies, policy studies, and settler colonial studies. I do not know of many works quite like it.” David Myer Temin, author of Remapping Sovereignty: Decolonization and Self-Determination in North American Indigenous Political Thought


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Liam Midzain-Gobin is assistant professor of political science at Brock University.

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