Community on Land: Community, Ecology, and the Public Interest (New Social Formations) - Softcover

Janel M. Curry; Steven F. McGuire

 
9780742501614: Community on Land: Community, Ecology, and the Public Interest (New Social Formations)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0742501612 ISBN 13: 9780742501614
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK), 2002

Synopsis

This book looks to the history of the the commons in American and European social thought to better understand contemporary environmental problems. The authors show how American law governing lands and resources relies on the individualist assumptions of Enlightenment thinkers, who regarded land as wasted when not being improved by European agriculture or colonization. Curry and McGuire trace the history of this philosophical and historical legacy and reveal its strong influence on American concepts on community and land. They not only reveal the laws insufficient comprehension of community rights, but they also advocate realistic policy alternatives whereby community governance can better solve the challenges of resource management and other American social problems.

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About the Author

Steven F. McGuire is assistant professor of political science at Eastern University and a research director at the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good.

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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0742501612
ISBN 13 
9780742501614
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
288

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