Privatization : property and the remaking of nature-society relations

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    • Mansfield, Becky

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Privatization : property and the remaking of nature-society relations

edited by Becky Mansfield

(Antipode book series)

Blackwell Pub., 2008

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Contemporary privatization remakes nature-society as property and transforms people's relationships to themselves, each other, and the natural world. This groundbreaking collection provides the first systematic analysis of neo-liberal privatization. Rich case studies of privatization in the making reveal both the pivotal role that privatization plays in neoliberalism and new opportunities for challenging neo-liberal hegemony. Rich case studies linked to broader questions on neoliberalism Illustrates the importance of property relation and the complexities existing in the meaning and practice of property Extends current geographical scholarship on neoliberalism -including neoliberalism and nature Each essay touches on the disciplinary, regulatory dimensions of privatization Highlights the importance of privatization, both broadly and specifically

Table of Contents

Introduction: Becky Mansfield. 1. The Fictions of Autonomous Invention: Accumulation by Dispossession, Commodification and Life Patents in Canada (Scott Prudham). 2. The 'Commons' Versus the 'Commodity': Alter-globalization, Anti-privatization and the Human Right to Water in the Global South (Karen Bakker). 3. The Polanyian Way? Voluntary Food Labels as Neoliberal Governance (Julie Guthman). 4. Property, Markets, and Dispossession: The Western Alaska Community Development Quota as Neoliberalism, Social Justice, Both, and Neither (Becky Mansfield). 5. Discovering Price in All the Wrong Places: The Work of Commodity Definition and Price under Neoliberal Environmental Policy (Morgan Robertson). 6. The Difference that Class Makes: Neoliberalization and Non-Capitalism in the Fishing Industry of New England (Kevin St Martin). 7. Land Reform in the Time of Neoliberalism: A Many-Splendored Thing (Wendy Wolford). Index.

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  • NCID
    BB00152054
  • ISBN
    • 9781405175500
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Malden, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    178 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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