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Global Power Structures and the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights

Kyhlstedt, Matilda LU (2023) STVK02 20222
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The thesis aims to generate hypotheses about the power structures within the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. A comparison of the governing of Indigenous Peoples from the Global North and Global South respectively, is made. Firstly, the representatives in the Forum are counted. In a second step, a discourse analysis is conducted. Results show that the Global North have proportionally more representatives in the Forum in relation to how Indigenous People are distributed across the world. The discourse analysis indicates the problem representation of Indigenous issues favoring the Global North as it leaves out a problematization of global post-colonial structures. The dynamics between Global North and Global South is conceptualized... (More)
The thesis aims to generate hypotheses about the power structures within the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. A comparison of the governing of Indigenous Peoples from the Global North and Global South respectively, is made. Firstly, the representatives in the Forum are counted. In a second step, a discourse analysis is conducted. Results show that the Global North have proportionally more representatives in the Forum in relation to how Indigenous People are distributed across the world. The discourse analysis indicates the problem representation of Indigenous issues favoring the Global North as it leaves out a problematization of global post-colonial structures. The dynamics between Global North and Global South is conceptualized in accordance with the third dimension of power in power theory by Steven Lukes. Postcolonial theory is explaining the origin of the structural oppression and how the power dynamics are legitimized. As the purpose of the study is to generate hypotheses about the power dynamics, the conclusions are that hypotheses can build upon the assumption that the way of working in the Forum is reconstructing colonial structures. (Less)
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author
Kyhlstedt, Matilda LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20222
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
The United Nations, Global North and Global South, Indigenous Peoples, Power, Global Governance
language
English
id
9104617
date added to LUP
2023-02-22 13:45:09
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2023-02-22 13:45:09
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  abstract     = {{The thesis aims to generate hypotheses about the power structures within the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. A comparison of the governing of Indigenous Peoples from the Global North and Global South respectively, is made. Firstly, the representatives in the Forum are counted. In a second step, a discourse analysis is conducted. Results show that the Global North have proportionally more representatives in the Forum in relation to how Indigenous People are distributed across the world. The discourse analysis indicates the problem representation of Indigenous issues favoring the Global North as it leaves out a problematization of global post-colonial structures. The dynamics between Global North and Global South is conceptualized in accordance with the third dimension of power in power theory by Steven Lukes. Postcolonial theory is explaining the origin of the structural oppression and how the power dynamics are legitimized. As the purpose of the study is to generate hypotheses about the power dynamics, the conclusions are that hypotheses can build upon the assumption that the way of working in the Forum is reconstructing colonial structures.}},
  author       = {{Kyhlstedt, Matilda}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Global Power Structures and the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}