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introduction, there are some important caveats that warrant mention. Notable among these is that she develops a “hypothesis-generating study” guided by a case study method employed as an exploratory mode and not a confirmatory-disconfirmatory mode. She notes that the transnational Indigenous rights movement is a singular case. Moreover, the universe of cases is rendered smaller by the fact that only four cases exhibit the outcome of interest: over-compliance in the domain of respecting Indigenous rights. While these points underscore some of the limitations of this work, a larger concern looms over the book. Can an analysis, largely of Western settler colonial states (such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States), and focused on the narrower topic of the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, generate enough evidence to speak of a global revolution in Indigenous rights? There is a degree of irony here as Lightfoot critiques the field of IR which has historically failed to incorporate the experiences of Indigenous peoples but yet does so through an analysis largely focused on the empirical realities of a small (and arguably unique) subset of the world’s Indigenous population. In this sense, the book could have benefited from a more sustained engagement with a more diverse geographical representation of Indigenous peoples. Moreover, by casting a wider net on various themes beyond the politics of the Declaration (that is, cultural genocide, language politics, resource extraction) the book might have succeeded in advancing a more comprehensive analysis of what might be understood as “global Indigenous politics.” Notwithstanding these minor quibbles, Lightfoot’s book provides a much-needed and timely contribution to the fields of IR, Indigenous studies and political science. As such, the book should be of great interest to academics across these fields and those outside of the academy searching for a thoughtful and rigorous study of the evolving political landscape of Indigenous rights. Whether or not we are in fact observing a subtle revolution, it is hard to disagree with Lightfoot’s concluding statement that GIP indeed “challenges states and the international system to complete the post-colonial project, reclaim moral legitimacy, and restructure themselves along lines that promote justice, fairness, and human dignity for all” (211).