Transforming Law and Institution

Morgan describes analyses and evaluates the efforts of the global indigenous movement to engender changes in UN discourse and international law on indigenous peoples' rights and to bring about certain institutional developments reflective of a heightened international concern. By the same token focusing on the interaction of the global indigenous movement with the UN system this book examines the reverse influence that is the ways in which interacting with the UN system has influenced the claims tactical repertoires and organizational structures of the movement.