Privatization
Property and the Remaking of Nature-Society Relations
Antipode Book Series
1. Auflage März 2008
184 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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
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.
offers a much needed critical edge to exploring the contested space
characterized by the co-modification of nature and the remaking of
nature ? society relations as property.? (International Journal
of Social Welfare , July 2009)
"Examining the labyrinthine logics and strange confusions of
privatization, the work in these pages is filled with fascinating
surprises. Whether revealing the hidden political opportunities in
food labeling, the ironic labor required in price 'discovery' for
wetlands, or the many hidden non-capitalist practices of working
fishermen, this work is both exciting and useful. Mansfield and
company point urgently to where future progressive activism might
finally get some real traction."
-Paul Robbins, University of Arizona
"Theoretically rich, empirically challenging and politically
engaging, this groundbreaking collection significantly advances
debates about neoliberalism, privatisation and property. Rejecting
easy generalisations about changing nature-society relations, the
book brings together innovative scholars who highlight the
complexity of contemporary developments without closing down
possibilities for more equitable futures. It will be essential
reading for anyone interested in political economy, political
ecology and environmental policy."
-Wendy Larner, University of Bristol
