The "idle no more" movement: paradoxes of first nations inclusion in the Canadian context
Idle No More, a recent protest movement initiated to draw attention to concerns by Indigenous people and allies about changes in Canada's environment and economic policies, has also raised awareness about social and economic conditions experienced by much of Canada's Indigenous population....
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ftssoar:oai:gesis.izsoz.de:document/45000 2023-05-15T16:17:02+02:00 The "idle no more" movement: paradoxes of first nations inclusion in the Canadian context Wotherspoon, Terry Hansen, John 2015-10-15T13:39:06Z http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/45000 http://www.cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/socialinclusion/article/view/107 https://doi.org/10.12924/si2013.01010021 unknown MISC 2183-2803 http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/45000 http://www.cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/socialinclusion/article/view/107 https://doi.org/10.12924/si2013.01010021 Creative Commons - Namensnennung Creative Commons - Attribution CC-BY Social Inclusion 1 21-36 Sociology & anthropology Political science Politikwissenschaft Soziologie Anthropologie Political Process Elections Political Sociology Political Culture General Sociology Basic Research General Concepts and History of Sociology Sociological Theories Allgemeine Soziologie Makrosoziologie spezielle Theorien und Schulen Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie politische Willensbildung politische Soziologie politische Kultur indigene Völker Protestbewegung Kanada Umweltpolitik Wirtschaftspolitik Analyse Macht Gerechtigkeit Recht soziale Integration sozioökonomische Entwicklung Inklusion Exklusion soziale Ungleichheit indigenous peoples protest movement Canada environmental policy economic policy analysis power justice law social integration socioeconomic development inclusion exclusion social inequality 10500 10200 Zeitschriftenartikel journal article 2015 ftssoar https://doi.org/10.12924/si2013.01010021 2022-12-13T22:01:28Z Idle No More, a recent protest movement initiated to draw attention to concerns by Indigenous people and allies about changes in Canada's environment and economic policies, has also raised awareness about social and economic conditions experienced by much of Canada's Indigenous population. While discourses and policies oriented to social inclusion are not as prominent in Canada as in Europe and several other contexts, these conditions and the strategies adopted by governments to address them are consistent with narrowly-framed inclusion policies. We provide an overview of what these conditions represent and how they have come to be framed in the context of the Idle No More movement. However, we extend our analysis to understand how the Idle No More movement and discourses of inclusion and exclusion alike have often been framed in ways that further limit solutions to the problems that they are oriented to resolve by stigmatizing and distancing Indigenous people, especially when they ignore or undermine distinct Indigenous rights and the foundations of formal Aboriginal status. We draw upon Indigenous concepts of justice and critical analyses of power relations in order to explore the contradictory locations and experiences associated with Indigenous inclusion in the Canadian context. We conclude by exploring the movement's contributions to broadened conceptions of inclusion that build upon alternative conceptions of socioeconomic participation and success. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository Canada |
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Sociology & anthropology Political science Politikwissenschaft Soziologie Anthropologie Political Process Elections Political Sociology Political Culture General Sociology Basic Research General Concepts and History of Sociology Sociological Theories Allgemeine Soziologie Makrosoziologie spezielle Theorien und Schulen Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie politische Willensbildung politische Soziologie politische Kultur indigene Völker Protestbewegung Kanada Umweltpolitik Wirtschaftspolitik Analyse Macht Gerechtigkeit Recht soziale Integration sozioökonomische Entwicklung Inklusion Exklusion soziale Ungleichheit indigenous peoples protest movement Canada environmental policy economic policy analysis power justice law social integration socioeconomic development inclusion exclusion social inequality 10500 10200 Wotherspoon, Terry Hansen, John The "idle no more" movement: paradoxes of first nations inclusion in the Canadian context |
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Sociology & anthropology Political science Politikwissenschaft Soziologie Anthropologie Political Process Elections Political Sociology Political Culture General Sociology Basic Research General Concepts and History of Sociology Sociological Theories Allgemeine Soziologie Makrosoziologie spezielle Theorien und Schulen Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie politische Willensbildung politische Soziologie politische Kultur indigene Völker Protestbewegung Kanada Umweltpolitik Wirtschaftspolitik Analyse Macht Gerechtigkeit Recht soziale Integration sozioökonomische Entwicklung Inklusion Exklusion soziale Ungleichheit indigenous peoples protest movement Canada environmental policy economic policy analysis power justice law social integration socioeconomic development inclusion exclusion social inequality 10500 10200 |
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Idle No More, a recent protest movement initiated to draw attention to concerns by Indigenous people and allies about changes in Canada's environment and economic policies, has also raised awareness about social and economic conditions experienced by much of Canada's Indigenous population. While discourses and policies oriented to social inclusion are not as prominent in Canada as in Europe and several other contexts, these conditions and the strategies adopted by governments to address them are consistent with narrowly-framed inclusion policies. We provide an overview of what these conditions represent and how they have come to be framed in the context of the Idle No More movement. However, we extend our analysis to understand how the Idle No More movement and discourses of inclusion and exclusion alike have often been framed in ways that further limit solutions to the problems that they are oriented to resolve by stigmatizing and distancing Indigenous people, especially when they ignore or undermine distinct Indigenous rights and the foundations of formal Aboriginal status. We draw upon Indigenous concepts of justice and critical analyses of power relations in order to explore the contradictory locations and experiences associated with Indigenous inclusion in the Canadian context. We conclude by exploring the movement's contributions to broadened conceptions of inclusion that build upon alternative conceptions of socioeconomic participation and success. |
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The "idle no more" movement: paradoxes of first nations inclusion in the Canadian context |
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