Indigenous Agency and Normative Change from ‘Below’ in Russia: Izhma-Komi’s Perspective on Governance and Recognition
The article addresses the issue of indigenous agency and its influence on the contestation of indigenous rights norms in an extractive context from the perspective of organizations representing people, whose recognition as ‘indigenous’ is withheld by the Russian authorities. The article argues that...
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ftjarlp:oai:nordicopenaccess.no:article/1798 2023-12-31T10:01:42+01:00 Indigenous Agency and Normative Change from ‘Below’ in Russia: Izhma-Komi’s Perspective on Governance and Recognition Peeters Goloviznina, Marina 2019-10-22 application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip application/xml https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1798 https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v10.1798 eng eng University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Law https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1798/3599 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1798/3600 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1798/3601 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1798/3602 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1798 doi:10.23865/arctic.v10.1798 Copyright (c) 2019 Marina Peeters Goloviznina http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 Arctic Review on Law and Politics; Vol. 10 (2019); 142-164 2387-4562 indigenous organizations agency norms contestation governance recognition from ‘below’ info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 ftjarlp https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v10.1798 2023-12-06T23:52:56Z The article addresses the issue of indigenous agency and its influence on the contestation of indigenous rights norms in an extractive context from the perspective of organizations representing people, whose recognition as ‘indigenous’ is withheld by the Russian authorities. The article argues that a governance perspective and approach to recognition from ‘below’ provides a useful lens for comprehensively exploring strategies on norms contestation applied by these groups in the authoritarian normative context of Russia. Based on findings from a case study of Izhma-Komi organizations in the northwest Russian Arctic, the article identifies three strategies utilized by these organizations. By mobilizing inter-indigenous recognition, forging alliances with environmentalists and negotiating with an oil company, Izhma-Komi organizations have managed to extend certain rights and power previously not granted to them in an extractive context locally. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic review on law and politics Izhma-Komi Arctic Review on Law and Politics Arctic Review on Law and Politics 10 0 142 |
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The article addresses the issue of indigenous agency and its influence on the contestation of indigenous rights norms in an extractive context from the perspective of organizations representing people, whose recognition as ‘indigenous’ is withheld by the Russian authorities. The article argues that a governance perspective and approach to recognition from ‘below’ provides a useful lens for comprehensively exploring strategies on norms contestation applied by these groups in the authoritarian normative context of Russia. Based on findings from a case study of Izhma-Komi organizations in the northwest Russian Arctic, the article identifies three strategies utilized by these organizations. By mobilizing inter-indigenous recognition, forging alliances with environmentalists and negotiating with an oil company, Izhma-Komi organizations have managed to extend certain rights and power previously not granted to them in an extractive context locally. |
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Indigenous Agency and Normative Change from ‘Below’ in Russia: Izhma-Komi’s Perspective on Governance and Recognition |
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