Community on Land: Community, Ecology, and the Public Interest - Couverture souple

Curry, Janel M.; McGuire, Steven

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0742501612 ISBN 13 : 9780742501614

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 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 law's 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Janel M. Curry is the dean for research and scholarship at Calvin College in Michigan. Steven McGuire is associate professor and chair of the sociology department at Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0742501612
• ISBN 13: 9780742501614
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
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• Personne responsable: non disponible