{"product_id":"places-of-possibility-isbn-9781405191715","title":"Places of Possibility","description":"Through 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  \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  \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 \u003cb\u003eA. Fiona D. Mackenzie\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and Honorary Professor, University of the Highlands and Islands. Professor Mackenzie has carried out in-depth qualitative research on the Isle of Harris, the Outer Hebrides, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eLand, Ecology and Resistance in Kenya, 1880-1952\u003c\/i\u003e (1998). \u003cp\u003eTo maximize the efficiencies of land ownership, the market-driven approach of neoliberalism would have it placed entirely in the hands of the private sector. \u003ci\u003ePlaces of Possibility\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how community land ownership can open up the political, social, environmental, and economic terrain to far more socially just and sustainable possibilities than the privatization espoused by neoliberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on comprehensive qualitative research carried out in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, environmental geography specialist A. Fiona D. Mackenzie argues that these possibilities are created through the disruption of prevalent norms of property and nature. The author shows how current land reforms taking place in the islands of the Outer Hebrides are revealed to be places of possibility where neoliberal norms of enclosure and privatization — and of a nature separate from the social — are unsettled with community land ownership. With a careful balance of original theoretical insights and intellectual rigor, \u003ci\u003ePlaces of Possibility\u003c\/i\u003e dispels prevailing notions of neoliberal globalization to reveal the rich political possibilities of community land ownership and its place in the twenty-first century world.\u003c\/p\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","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989793816805,"sku":"NP9781405191715","price":43.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405191715.jpg?v=1761785490","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/places-of-possibility-isbn-9781405191715","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}