Privatizing Nature: Political Struggles for the Global CommonsMichael Goldman Pluto Press, 1998 - 257 pages The concept of the commons as a device for controlling land and natural resources first entered the political realm during the enclosure movement in pre-industrial Britain. In the late 20th century, new forms of enclosures and notions of private property are emerging - from water rights, biodiversity, and gene pools of plants and humans to the demands of multinational corporations for free access, to more land for investment and exploitation. The power of the commons is still flourishing and the global commons now provides the central metaphor for ecological politics. |
Contents
Social Movements and the Remaking of the Commons | 54 |
Responses to Restructuring | 76 |
Forest Battles in Southern | 102 |
The Convergence of Environment | 120 |
Of Local Commons and Global Commodities | 144 |
The Societal | 167 |
Two Sources of Institutional | 198 |
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