Michael Murphy | 2016 March

24 Mar Maori of New Zealand call the signature of the TPP a “death sentence” for Indigenous rights

Posted at 11:19h in News

Trade ministers of 12 countries, including New Zealand, Canada, and the U.S., are travelling to Auckland, New Zealand this week to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement on February 4th. The TPP will create the largest free trade area, covering four continents and representing 40...

24 Mar Liberal budget includes billions in new spending for aboriginal people

Posted at 11:17h in News

Billions in new spending will be directed toward aboriginal programming, including funding to address issues including education, reserve water and child and family services, the Liberal government signalled in its budget released Tuesday. The commitments are considered one of the central themes of the government's first financial road map, with...

03 Mar Self-determination as a Collective Capability: The Case of Indigenous Peoples

Posted at 11:09h in Articles, Publications

The article explores the idea of self-determination as a collective capability that enhances the freedom and well-being of indigenous peoples in colonial settler states. Collective capabilities have not attracted much attention in the literature to date, but the article sets out to demonstrate that the collective capability for self-determination is precisely the sort of freedom Amartya Sen describes as both the primary objective and the principle means of development.

March 2016

24 Mar Maori of New Zealand call the signature of the TPP a “death sentence” for Indigenous rights

24 Mar Liberal budget includes billions in new spending for aboriginal people

03 Mar Self-determination as a Collective Capability: The Case of Indigenous Peoples