{"product_id":"places-of-possibility-property-nature-and-community-land-ownership-paperback-softback-9781405191715","title":"Places of Possibility; Property, Nature and Community Land Ownership (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405191715","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePlaces of Possibility\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eProperty, Nature and Community Land Ownership\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"In this splendid book Fiona Mackenzie provides an excellent analysis of the principles and practice of community land-ownership, an idea which is transforming the landscape of the Scottish highlands. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the Hebrides and a very wide range of interdisciplinary references she adds depth and clarity to our understanding of this profound shift in Scottish society.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eEwen A. Cameron\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of History, University of Edinburgh  \u003cp\u003eBecause Fiona Mackenzie has spent a lot of time in the area, she has got to grips with the Highlands and Islands experience of community ownership in a way that no other academic author has done. Mackenzie has much to say that is novel, perceptive and important, while her background and experience is such as to enable her to bring a range of theoretical perspectives to bear on her subject matter.\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eJames Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e, Emeritus Professor of History, University of the Highlands and Islands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eA. Fiona D. Mackenzie (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405191715, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 December 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.358 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As Fiona Mackenzie demonstrates in her important new book, the Highlands and Hebrides have become, in recent years, the center of a sustained effort to construct an alternative, place-based and more generous politics to that of a neoliberal imaginary … Mackenzie has written a book that is thrilling in its optimism and hopefulness. She convincingly explains in compelling detail the hopeful possibilities of the re-commoning in the Hebrides and Highlands. This is rarely the stuff of academic study but is at the heart of \u003ci\u003ePlaces of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePossibility\u003c\/i\u003e’s profound ambitions and most important contribution: anticipating ‘more socially, environmentally and economically generous postneoliberalisms’.” (\u003ci\u003eAntipode\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 September 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThrough original research conducted in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, \u003ci\u003ePlaces of Possibility\u003c\/i\u003e 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.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals how community land ownership is more just and sustainable than private ownership\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures original theoretical insights into ideas of property and nature that disrupt the process of neoliberalisation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBased on original research conducted by the author in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Maps viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Photographs ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Placing Possibility 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Working Property 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Working Nature 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Working the Wind 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Working Places 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Conclusion – Working Possibilities 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 248\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geography%20%5BRG%5D%22\"\u003eRG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501092925720,"sku":"9781405191715","price":18.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405191715.jpg?v=1786209672","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/places-of-possibility-property-nature-and-community-land-ownership-paperback-softback-9781405191715","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}