Article: This Sovereign Land: A New Vision for Governing the West.(Book Review)

 
I. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS 
II. CONTRIBUTIONS 
III. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE 
IV. CONCLUSION 

I. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS

This Sovereign Land (1) is a careful exposition of western history which emphasizes the public lands. The book meticulously explores these lands' century-old "imperial" origins (2) and local rebellion against that notion, (3) the empire's recent decline (4) and concomitant maturation of the area, (5) and the potential rise of indigenous democracy which might govern the region by reclaiming sovereignty over the public lands. (6)

Kemmis surveys the "lay of the land" in the "dry core"--the eight public lands states with mountainous ...

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