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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820539803321

Autore

Mackenzie Fiona (A. Fiona D.)

Titolo

Places of possibility : property, nature and community land ownership / / A. Fiona D. Mackenzie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester ; ; Malden, Mass., : John Wiley & Sons, c2013

ISBN

1-118-27875-5

1-118-27877-1

1-283-80402-6

1-118-27876-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Antipode book series

Disciplina

333.3/1411

Soggetti

Land reform - Scotland

Land tenure - Scotland

Commons - Scotland

Right of property - Scotland

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Placing possibility -- Working property -- Working nature -- Working the wind -- Working places -- Conclusion - working possibilities.

Sommario/riassunto

Through original research conducted in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Places of Possibility shows how community land ownership can open up the political, social, environmental, and economic terrain to more socially just and sustainable possibilities than private ownership.Reveals how community land ownership is more just and sustainable than private ownershipFeatures original theoretical insights into ideas of property and nature that disrupt the process of neoliberalisationBased on original research conducted by the author in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland