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Through original research conducted in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Places of Possibility shows how community land ownership can open up the political, social, environmental, and economic terrain to more socially just and sustainable possibilities than private ownership.
  • Reveals how community land ownership is more just and sustainable than private ownership
  • Features original theoretical insights into ideas of property and nature that disrupt the process of neoliberalisation
  • Based on original research conducted by the author in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland


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“This is rarely the stuff of academic study but is at the heart of Places of Possibility’s profound ambitions and most important contribution: anticipating “more socially, environmentally and economically generous ‘postneoliberalisms.” (Antipode, 1 August 2013)



Table of Contents

List of Maps viii

List of Photographs ix

List of Tables x

Acknowledgements xi

1 Placing Possibility 1

2 Working Property 34

3 Working Nature 79

4 Working the Wind 127

5 Working Places 175

6 Conclusion – Working Possibilities 214

References 227

Index 248

Places of Possibility

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 19 December 2012
      ISBN-13 9781405191722
      978-1405191722
      ISBN-10 1405191724
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Through original research conducted in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Places of Possibility shows how community land ownership can open up the political, social, environmental, and economic terrain to more socially just and sustainable possibilities than private ownership.
      • Reveals how community land ownership is more just and sustainable than private ownership
      • Features original theoretical insights into ideas of property and nature that disrupt the process of neoliberalisation
      • Based on original research conducted by the author in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland


      Trade Review

      “This is rarely the stuff of academic study but is at the heart of Places of Possibility’s profound ambitions and most important contribution: anticipating “more socially, environmentally and economically generous ‘postneoliberalisms.” (Antipode, 1 August 2013)



      Table of Contents

      List of Maps viii

      List of Photographs ix

      List of Tables x

      Acknowledgements xi

      1 Placing Possibility 1

      2 Working Property 34

      3 Working Nature 79

      4 Working the Wind 127

      5 Working Places 175

      6 Conclusion – Working Possibilities 214

      References 227

      Index 248

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