
In Defense of Public Lands
The Case Against Privatization and Transfer
Steven Davis(Author)
Temple University Press,U.S.
Published on 21. May 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-4399-1537-0 (ISBN)
Description
Debates continue to rage over the merits or flaws of public land and whether or not it should be privatized-or at least, radically reconfigured in some way. In Defense of Public Lands offers a comprehensive refutation of the market-oriented arguments. Steven Davis passionately advocates that public land ought to remain firmly in the public's hands. He reviews empirical data and theoretical arguments from biological, economic, and political perspectives in order to build a case for why our public lands are an invaluable and irreplaceable asset for the American people.
In Defense of Public Lands briefly lays out the history and characteristics of public lands at the local, state, and federal levels while examining the numerous policy prescriptions for their privatization or, in the case of federal lands, transfer. He considers the dimensions of environmental health; markets and valuation of public land, the tensions between collective values and individual preferences, the nature and performance of bureaucratic management, and the legitimacy of interest groups and community decision-making. Offering a fair, good faith overview of the privatizers' best arguments before refuting them, this timely book contemplates both the immediate and long-term future of our public lands.
In Defense of Public Lands briefly lays out the history and characteristics of public lands at the local, state, and federal levels while examining the numerous policy prescriptions for their privatization or, in the case of federal lands, transfer. He considers the dimensions of environmental health; markets and valuation of public land, the tensions between collective values and individual preferences, the nature and performance of bureaucratic management, and the legitimacy of interest groups and community decision-making. Offering a fair, good faith overview of the privatizers' best arguments before refuting them, this timely book contemplates both the immediate and long-term future of our public lands.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia PA
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
14 tables, 9 halftones, 2 line drawings, maps
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4399-1537-0 (9781439915370)
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Person
Steven Davis is a Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies at Edgewood College in Madison, WI.