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The Commons in an Age of Uncertainty : Decolonizing Nature, Economy, and Society / Franklin Obeng-Odoom.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020]Copyright date: 2021Description: 1 online resource (280 p.) : 7 figuresContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781487508241
  • 9781487513900
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.2 23/eng/20240417
LOC classification:
  • HD1286
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part A: The Problem -- 1 The Age of Uncertainty -- Part B: The Debates and a Path through Them -- 2 Historical Debates on the Commons -- 3 Rethinking the Commons -- Part C: The Proof -- 4 Cities -- 5 Technology -- 6 Oil -- 7 Water -- Part D: The Future of the Commons -- 8 Concluding Remarks: Towards a New Ecological Political Economy -- References -- Index
Summary: In the last two hundred years, the earth has increasingly become the private property of a few classes, races, transnational corporations, and nations. Repeated claims about the "tragedy of the commons" and the "crisis of capitalism" have done little to explain this concentration of land, encourage solution-building to solve resource depletion, or address our current socio-ecological crisis. The Commons in an Age of Uncertainty presents a new explanation, vision, and action plan based on the idea of commoning the land. The book argues that by commoning the land, rather than privatising it, we can develop the foundation for prosperity without destructive growth and address both local and global challenges. Making the land the most fundamental priority of all commons does not only give hope, it also opens the doors to a new world in which economy, environment, and society are decolonised and liberated.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part A: The Problem -- 1 The Age of Uncertainty -- Part B: The Debates and a Path through Them -- 2 Historical Debates on the Commons -- 3 Rethinking the Commons -- Part C: The Proof -- 4 Cities -- 5 Technology -- 6 Oil -- 7 Water -- Part D: The Future of the Commons -- 8 Concluding Remarks: Towards a New Ecological Political Economy -- References -- Index

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In the last two hundred years, the earth has increasingly become the private property of a few classes, races, transnational corporations, and nations. Repeated claims about the "tragedy of the commons" and the "crisis of capitalism" have done little to explain this concentration of land, encourage solution-building to solve resource depletion, or address our current socio-ecological crisis. The Commons in an Age of Uncertainty presents a new explanation, vision, and action plan based on the idea of commoning the land. The book argues that by commoning the land, rather than privatising it, we can develop the foundation for prosperity without destructive growth and address both local and global challenges. Making the land the most fundamental priority of all commons does not only give hope, it also opens the doors to a new world in which economy, environment, and society are decolonised and liberated.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Oct 2024)