POLITICAL SCIENCE / Indigenous / Governance & Sovereignty

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered computational methods, such as machine learning and natural language processing, are increasingly applied in deaths of despair research among Indigenous populations. However, their application in Indigenous contexts is often constrained by epistemological misalignment, technical limitations, and ethical concerns. Integrating Indigenous Research Methodologies into AI-powered preve…

Reference · Wikidata

journal article from 'Diogenes' published in 2010

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Democracy is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state. Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitive elections while more expansive or maximalist definitions link democracy to guarantees of civil liberties and human rights in addition to competitive elections.

Book · DOAB

Much controversy has existed over the claims of Native Americans and other indigenous peoples that they have a right—based on original occupancy of land, historical transfers of sovereignty, and principles of self-determination—to a political status separate from the states in which they now find themselves embedded. How valid are these claims on moral grounds? Burke Hendrix tackles these thorny questions in this bo…

Image · DPLA

This dissertation examines how Indigenous peoples in Colombia mobilize against genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by declaring and constructing GMO-Free Territories, asserting sovereignty over seeds, land, and ecological governance. Focusing on two cases—the Zenú Indigenous peoples and the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC)—it argues that conventional theories of state formation, predicated on coherent t…