The Colonial Politics of Hope

Through analyses of cases in Australia, Finland, Greenland and elsewhere, the book illuminates how states appropriate hope as a means to stall and circumscribe political processes of recognising the rights of indigenous peoples.

Marjo Lindroth is a university researcher in the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, Finland. Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen is a university lecturer and feminist scholar at the University of Lapland, Finland. Lindroth's and Sinevaara-Niskanen's previous joint work includes the book Global Politics and its Violent Care for Indigeneity: Sequels to Colonialism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), which illustrates how the inclusion and recognition of indigeneity in global politics constitute a continuation of colonial practices. Their work has been published in journals such as International Political Sociology, Global Society, and Resilience: International Policies, Practices and Discourse.

1 Hope on the horizon 2 Equivocal hope 3 Battlefields of recognition 4 Fickle contractuality 5 Colonialism in the grammar of hope 6 Conclusion