LEADER 02982nam 2200481 450 001 9910826297903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4399-1538-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000004817619 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5378451 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5378451 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11553243 035 $a(OCoLC)1028607755 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004817619 100 $a20180525d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIn defense of public lands $ethe case against privatization and transfer /$fSteven Davis 210 1$aPhiladelphia :$cTemple University Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (295 pages) 311 $a1-4399-1537-7 311 $a1-4399-1536-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"Debates continue to rage over the merits or flaws of public land and whether or not it should be privatized--or at least, radically reconfigured in some way. In Defense of Public Lands offers a comprehensive refutation of the market-oriented arguments. Steven Davis passionately advocates that public land ought to remain firmly in the public's hands. He reviews empirical data and theoretical arguments from biological, economic, and political perspectives in order to build a case for why our public lands are an invaluable and irreplaceable asset for the American people. In Defense of Public Lands briefly lays out the history and characteristics of public lands at the local, state, and federal levels while examining the numerous policy prescriptions for their privatization or, in the case of federal lands, transfer. He considers the dimensions of environmental health; markets and valuation of public land, the tensions between collective values and individual preferences, the nature and performance of bureaucratic management, and the legitimacy of interest groups and community decision-making. Offering a fair, good faith overview of the privatizers' best arguments before refuting them, this timely book contemplates both the immediate and long-term future of our public lands"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"In Defense of Public Lands is a wide-ranging and macro-focused attempt to refute the ideas behind the intellectual and political movements to privatize public land resources in the United States"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aPublic lands$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aPrivatization$zUnited States 615 0$aPublic lands$xGovernment policy 615 0$aPrivatization 676 $a331.1/60973 686 $aPOL044000$aNAT011000$aBUS099000$2bisacsh 700 $aDavis$b Steven$f1964-$01717374 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826297903321 996 $aIn defense of public lands$94113558 997 $aUNINA