Impact of Neoliberalism on Indigenous Women in Canada

Research Analysis of Neoliberalism among the Indigenous Canadian Women
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Part 1: Thesis Statement
Research Question
Neoliberalism has damaged Indigenous women in Canada by escalating social, economic, and political inequality and undermining their rights and well-being.
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Neoliberal policies prioritize economic expansion and resource extraction, disproportionately harming Indigenous women. Extractive industries disturb Indigenous lifestyles, limiting economic prospects for Indigenous women and aggravating inequality and poverty. Neoliberal policies have destroyed social services and welfare schemes, hurting Indigenous women who depend on them (Lynda et al., 2019). Social assistance, education, and healthcare cuts disproportionately affect Indigenous women, denying them crucial resources and creating health inequities.
Neoliberalism institutionalizes racism and inequality, making Indigenous women more vulnerable to attack. Indigenous women are often victimized by privatization, which often leads to militarization and extractive industry intrusion. Neoliberal policies prioritize individualism and market-based solutions, marginalizing Indigenous voices and threatening Indigenous self-determination and governance. Indigenous women are marginalized due to political and economic exclusion. These institutions also underrepresent them.
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1 Coulthard, G. S. (2007). Subjects of empire: Indigenous peoples and Canada’s‘ politics of recognition. Contemporary Political Theory, 6(4), 437–460. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.cpt.9300307
2 FitzGerald, J. (2017). Indigenous nationhood: Empowering grassroots citizens Pamela Palmater Halifax and Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing, 2015, pp. 266. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 51(2), 469–470. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0008423917001184
3 Kuokkanen, R. (2019). Self-determination and violence against Indigenous women. Restructuring Relations, 179–216. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190913281.003.0006
4 Marasco, R. (2017). Red Skin/White Masks: Rejecting the colonial politics of recognition. By Glen Sean Coulthard (University of Minnesota Press, 2014). Constellations, 24(1), 137–139. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8675.12273
5 Mays, K. T., & Whalen, K. (2018). Decolonizing indigenous education in the Postwar City. Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education, 116–130. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429505010-8
Part 2: Annotated Bibliography
1 Coulthard, G. S. (2007). Subjects of empire: Indigenous peoples and Canada’s‘ politics of recognition. Contemporary Political Theory, 6(4), 437–460. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.cpt.9300307
In this article, the difficulties that come from the “politics of recognition” concerning the rights and sovereignty of Canada’s indigenous people are discussed in depth. According to Coulthard, the recognition framework is problematic because it typically perpetuates colonial power systems rather than challenging these hierarchies. This is one of the reasons why the framewor...