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dc.contributor.authorMörkenstam, Ulf
dc.contributor.authorJosefsen, Eva
dc.contributor.authorNilsson, Ragnhild
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-09T14:52:35Z
dc.date.available2021-03-09T14:52:35Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstract<p>From an international perspective, the popularly elected <i>Sámediggis</i> (Sámi Parliaments), established more than two decades ago in the Nordic countries of Finland, Norway and Sweden, represent unique institutional arrangements to enhance and safeguard indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination. In this article the authors compare the legal basis, status, authority and mandate of the Sámi people’s representative institutions, as well as the actual influence and autonomy of the <i>Sámediggis</i> in relation to the national political institutions in the respective country. <p>The comparison reveals several differences between the institutions and brings to the fore three problems manifesting different ways in which nation-states may delimit indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination: 1) how a popularly elected indigenous parliament that successfully gains political autonomy and influence through participation in national politics and institutions always run the risk of being set aside by the State on matters of conflict (Norway); 2) how the historical legacy of a divide and rule government policy may justify a continued paternalistic state politics by perpetuating power relations within the indigenous community (Sweden); and 3) how conflicts between an indigenous people and the State in which they live concerning the right to define the people may delimit the right to self-determination and further conflicts between groups claiming indigenous status (Finland). <p>The authors argue in their concluding remarks that these kinds of indigenous institutions may be a way to increase political autonomy and influence, and ultimately a relational form of self-determination within already existing state boundaries. There are, however, several obstacles for the <i>Sámediggis</i> of today to safeguarding Sámi self-determination, including the colonial past, the formal status granted the parliament, and the national policy and implementation of international law. Moreover, the different ways in which the states have handled these obstacles lead the authors to ask if the <i>Sámediggis</i> might best be understood as three distinct ways of institutionalising non-territorial indigenous self-determination; rather than as a unified Nordic model.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMörkenstam, U., Josefsen, E. & Nilsson, R. (2016). The Nordic Sámediggis and the Limits of Indigenous Self-Determination. <i>Gáldu čála, 2016</i>(1), 4-46.en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1358410
dc.identifier.issn1504-4270
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/20660
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherGáldu – Resource Centre for the Rights of Indigenous Peoplesen_US
dc.relation.journalGáldu čála
dc.relation.urihttp://www.galdu.no/journal.348859.en.html
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2016 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Political science and organizational theory: 240en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240en_US
dc.titleThe Nordic Sámediggis and the Limits of Indigenous Self-Determinationen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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