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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787533503321

Autore

Bollier David

Titolo

Silent theft [[electronic resource] ] : the private plunder of our common wealth / / David Bollier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-136-76034-2

0-429-23679-4

0-203-82185-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Disciplina

338.9/25/0973

Soggetti

Capitalism - United States

Commons - United States

Public goods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-250) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; SILENT THEFT; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. The Commons, Gift Economies, and Enclosure; 1 Reclaiming the Narrative of the Commons; 2 The Stubborn Vitality of the Gift Economy; 3 When Markets Enclose the Commons; II. Varieties of Market Enclosure; 4 Enclosing the Commons of Nature; 5 The Colonization of Frontier Commons; 6 The Abuse of the Public's Natural Resources; 7 Can the Internet Commons Be Saved?; 8 The Privatization of Public Knowledge; 9 Enclosing the Academic Commons; 10 The Commercialization of Culture and Public Spaces

11 The Giveaway of Federal Drug Research and Information ResourcesIII. Protecting the Commons; 12 The Commons: Another Kind of Property; 13 Strategies for Protecting the Commons; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.