Nature for sale : the commons versus commodities / Giovanna Ricoveri ; foreword by Vandana Shiva.
Nature for Sale uncovers the rich heritage of common ownership which existed before the dominance of capitalist property relations. Giovanna Ricoveri argues that the subsistence commons of the past can be reinvented today to provide an alternative to the current destructive economic order. Ricoveri...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English Italian |
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London :
Pluto Press,
[2013]
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| Edition: | English language edition. |
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| Online Access: | Access via Directory of Open Access Books JSTOR Open Access |
| Summary: | Nature for Sale uncovers the rich heritage of common ownership which existed before the dominance of capitalist property relations. Giovanna Ricoveri argues that the subsistence commons of the past can be reinvented today to provide an alternative to the current destructive economic order. Ricoveri outlines the distinct features of common ownership as it has existed in history: cooperation, sustainable use of natural resources and decision-making through direct democracy. In doing so, she shows how it is possible to provide goods and services which are not commodities exchanged on the capitalistic market, something still demonstrated today in village communities across the global South. Tracing the erosion of the commons from the European enclosures at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution to the new enclosures of modern capitalism, the book concludes by arguing that a new commons is needed today. |
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| Item Description: | Based on: Beni comuni vs merci. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 144 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1849649243 9781849649247 184964926X 9781849649261 1849649251 9781849649254 |