{"product_id":"public-land-and-democracy-in-america-understanding-conflict-over-grand-staircase-escalante-national-monument-hardback-9781496233011","title":"Public Land and Democracy in America; Understanding Conflict Over Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Hardback) 9781496233011","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePublic Land and Democracy in America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eUnderstanding Conflict Over Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJulie Brugger (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496233011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e444 pages, 18 photographs, 2 illustrations, 5 maps, 3 tables, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm, 0.798 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\u003cdiv\u003e“Important and timely. Conflict over the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has increased dramatically over the last six years, and public land issues have been more prominent in national politics in recent years as well. Questions about the substance of American democracy are also vital, given the level of partisanship in American politics today. . . . This book is an important contribution to national discussions of public lands.”-James R. Skillen, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Land Is My Land: Rebellion in the West\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn recent years the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah has figured prominently in the long and ongoing struggle over the meaning and value of America’s public lands. In 1996 President Bill Clinton used the Antiquities Act to create the monument, with the goal of protecting scientific and historical resources. His action incensed Utah elected officials and local residents who were neither informed nor consulted beforehand, and opposition to the monument has continued to make its day-to-day management problematic. In 2017 President Donald Trump reduced the monument’s size, an action immediately challenged by multiple lawsuits; subsequently, President Joe Biden restored the monument in 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePublic Land and Democracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e Julie Brugger brings into focus the perspectives of a variety of groups affected by conflict over the monument, including residents of adjacent communities, ranchers, federal land management agency employees, and environmentalists. In the process of following management disputes at the monument over the years, Brugger considers how conceptions of democracy have shaped and been shaped by the regional landscape and by these disputes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through this ethnographic evidence, Brugger proposes a concept of democracy that encompasses disparate meanings and experiences, embraces conflict, and suggests a crucial role for public lands in transforming antagonism into agonism.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. Landscape\u003cbr\u003e 1. National Landscape\u003cbr\u003e 2. Regional Landscape\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. Conflict\u003cbr\u003e 3. Conflict over Grazing\u003cbr\u003e 4. Conflict over Roads\u003cbr\u003e Part 3. Democracy\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Locals: Democracy and Community\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Ranchers: Democracy and Freedom\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Environmentalists: Democracy and the Environment\u003cbr\u003e 8. The BLM Employees: Democracy and Bureaucracy\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600026661144,"sku":"9781496233011","price":60.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/public-land-and-democracy-in-america-understanding-conflict-over-grand-staircase-escalante-national-monument-hardback-9781496233011","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}