Theorizing the resilience of the Indian Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9783501 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Morden (0000-0002-8164-9228, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 113-133 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4840 • E-ISSN: 1754-7121 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/capa.12162 |
| OpenAlex | W2525738589 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 27 |
The Indian Act, 1876 has exhibited extraordinary resistance to major change – despite inspiring universal antipathy. This puzzle is addressed by applying institutionalist theories designed to explain continuity. Both the rational choice and historical versions of institutionalism offer partial explanations for the resilience of the Indian Act – and both can be used to predict change. Discursive institutionalism completes the theoretical puzzle by drawing attention to legitimacy norms. The Indian Act is an example of a “legitimacy trap” – it imposes limits on participation in the policy discussion, but saps the credibility and political capital of those leaders upon whom it confers standing, inhibiting change
Antipathy · Capital (architecture · Corporate governance · Credibility · Economics · Historical institutionalism · Institutionalism · Law and economics · Legitimacy · New institutionalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · History · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
Skyscrapers hide the heavens
Tocqueville's Revenge
A Fatherly Eye
Aboriginal Peoples and Politics
Drift and conversion
Why People Obey the Law
Dan Cranmer's Potlatch
Making Canadian Indian Policy
Clearing the Plains
Microdynamics of Bilateral Ethnic Mobilization
Discursive institutionalism and policy stasis in simple and compound polities
Institutional design and the accountability paradox
Crown and Calumet
Psychocultural Interpretations and Dramas
Studying Institutions
Rational Choice and Dysfunctional Institutions
Legitimacy and Institutional Change
Political Stability in Divided Societies
Taking ideas and discourse seriously
Discursive Institutionalism
Iati-Onkwehonwe
Sweet Promises
A Theory of Endogenous Institutional Change
Political Science and the Three New Institutionalisms
Seeing Like a State
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |