Privatization

Property and the Remaking of Nature-Society Relations

Becky Mansfield (Ohio State University)

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Wiley-Blackwell
28 March 2008

Privatisation

Series: Antipode Book Series

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

Edited by: Becky Mansfield (Ohio State University)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 281g
ISBN: 9781405175500
ISBN 10: 1405175508
Series: Antipode Book Series
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 28 March 2008
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Becky Mansfield is an Associate Professor of Geography at Ohio State University. She has published widely on the political and cultural economy of nature, with a particular focus on neo-liberalization of natural resources and the role of nature in economic processes. Mansfield is currently researching the making of bodies of scientific knowledge regarding the environmental effects of agro-food production.

Reviews for Privatization: Property and the Remaking of Nature-Society Relations

This collection is both complex and thought provoking. This book 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)