Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The Enclosure and Recovery of the Commons
Author: Enclosure and Recovery of the Commons
Author: Vandana ShivaPublisher:
ISBN: 9780869054390
Category : Land tenure
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
The Enclosure and Recovery of the Commons
Author: Vandana ShivaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Grassroots Postmodernism
Author: Gustavo EstevaPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1783601833
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
With the publication of this remarkable book in 1998, Gustavo Esteva and Madhu Suri Prakash instigated a complete epistemological rupture. Grassroots Post-modernism attacks the three sacred cows of modernity: global thinking, the universality of human rights and the self-sufficient individual. Rejecting the constructs of development in all its forms, Esteva and Prakash argue that even alternative development prescriptions deprive the people of control over their own lives, shifting this control to bureaucrats, technocrats and educators. Rather than presuming that human progress fits a predetermined mould, leading towards an increasing homogenization of cultures and lifestyles, the authors argue for a 'radical pluralism' that honours and nurtures distinctive cultural variety and enables many paths to the realization of self-defined aspirations. This classic text is essential reading for those looking beyond neoliberalism, the global project and the individual self.
New Socialisms
Author: Robert AlbrittonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134335342
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
As neo-liberal globalization pushes us further toward global inequality, poverty, war and militarism diverse movements are arising to voice their concerns. These movements have in common a lack of credible alternatives and this book is a contribution to a more positive debate.
The War Against the Commons
Author: Ian AngusPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 168590016X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
A unique historical account of poor peoples’ self-defence strategies in the face of the plunder of their lands and labor For five centuries, the development of capitalism has been inextricably connected to the expropriation of working people from the land they depended on for subsistence. Through ruling class assaults known as enclosures or clearances, shared common land became privately-owned capital, and peasant farmers became propertyless laborers who could only survive by working for the owners of land or capital. As Ian Angus documents in The War Against the Commons, mass opposition to dispossession has never ceased. His dramatic account provides new insights into an opposition that ranged from stubborn non-compliance to open rebellion, including eyewitness accounts of campaigns in which thousands of protestors tore down fences and restored common access to pastures and forests. Such movements, he shows, led to the Diggers’ call for a new society based on shared ownership and use of the land, an appeal that was more sophisticated and radical than anything else written before the 1800s. Contrary to many accounts that treat the reorganization of agriculture as a purely domestic matter, Angus shows that there were close connections between the enclosures in Britain and imperial expansion. The consolidation of some of the largest estates in England and Scotland was directly financed by the forced labor of African slaves and the colonial plunder of India. This unique historical account of ruling class robbery and poor peoples’ resistance offers answers to key questions about the history of capitalism. Was enclosure a “necessary evil” that enabled economic growth? What role did deliberate promotion of hunger play in the creation of the working class? How did Marx and Engels view the separation of workers from the land, and how does resistance to enclosure continue in the 21st century?
Local Governance in India
Author: Thodupuzha M. JosephPublisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN: 9788180693649
Category : Decentralization in government
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Papers presented at the National Workshop on Decentralised Democracy and Planning, held at Newman College, Thodupuzha on Dec. 19, 2003.
Institutionalizing Common Pool Resources
Author: Dinesh K. MarothiaPublisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN: 9788170229810
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
This Volume Presents A Unique Interdisciplinary Assembly Of Thoughts In Which Agricultural Scientists, Fisheries Scientists, Forestry Experts, Alternative Medicine Systems Experts, Environmental And Resource Economists Among Others Have Addressed Their Tasks Focussing On Institutions As A Crosscutting Theme In Their Writings On Sustainable Use Of Common Pool Resources.
The Act for the Enclosure of Commons in England and Wales
Author: George Wingrove CookePublisher:
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Category : Commons
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Reclaiming the Commons
Author: Vandana ShivaPublisher:
ISBN: 9780907791782
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Authored by world renowned activist and environmental leader Vandana Shiva, Reclaiming the Commons presents the history of the struggle to defend biodiversity and traditional practices against corporate biopiracy and details efforts to realize legal rights for Mother Earth and achieve the vision of the universal commons and Earth as Family.