Contested Property Claims: What Disagreement Tells Us About Ownership (Social Justice)

By: Maja Hojer Bruun and Patrick Joseph Cockburn and Bjarke Skærlund Risager and Mikkel Thorup

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Synopsis: Property relations are such a common feature of social life that the complexity of the web of laws, practices, and ideas that allow a property regime to function smoothly are often forgotten. But we are quickly reminded of this complexity when conflict over property erupts. When social actors confront a property regime – for example by squatting – they enact what can be called ‘contested property claims’. As this book demonstrates, these confrontations raise crucial issues of social justice and show the ways in which property conflicts often reflect wider social conflicts. Through a series of case studies from across the globe, this multidisciplinary anthology brings together works from anthropologists, legal scholars, and geographers, who show how exploring contested property claims offers a privileged window onto how property regimes function, as well as an illustration of the many ways that the institution of property shapes power relationships today.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 234 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781351362092
Related ISBNs:: 9781138550896, 9780203712153, 9780367264376
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 07/12/23
Copyrighted By:: Routledge
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Maja Hojer Bruun
Edited by:: Patrick Joseph Cockburn
Edited by:: Bjarke Skærlund Risager
Edited by:: Mikkel Thorup