Community on Land: Community, Ecology, and the Public Interest by Curry, Janel M.

Community on Land: Community, Ecology, and the Public Interest (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780742501614)

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Community on Land: Community, Ecology, and the Public Interest by Curry, Janel M.

Community on Land: Community, Ecology, and the Public Interest

$67.95
Community on Land: Community, Ecology, and the Public Interest by Curry, Janel M.

Community on Land: Community, Ecology, and the Public Interest

$67.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Janel M. Curry,Steven F. McGuire
ISBN-10: 0742501612
ISBN-13: 9780742501614
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 06/11/2002
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.06w x 0.62d

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Choice 12/01/2002 pg. 650
By Janel M. Curry
By Janel M. Curry
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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.

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