Privatizing public lands / Scott Lehmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehmann, Scott.

Series:

Environmental ethics and science policy.

Environmental ethics and science policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public lands--United States--Management.

Public lands.

Privatization--United States.

Privatization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the US, private ownership of land is not a new idea, yet the federal government retains title to roughly a quarter of the nation's land, including national parks, forests, & wildlife refuges. Managing these properties is expensive & contentious, & few management decisions escape criticism. Some observers, however, argue that such criticism is largely misdirected. The fundamental problem, in their view, is collective ownership & its solution is privatization. A free market, they claim, directs privately owned resources to their most productive uses, & privatizing public lands would create a free market in their services. This timely study critically examines these issues, arguing that there is no sense of 'productivity' for which it is true that greater productivity is both desirable & a likely consequence of privatizing public lands or 'marketizing' their management.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Federal Lands, Past and Present; 3. The Case for Privatization; 4. Productivity Standards; 5. The Productivity of Privatization; 6. Rationalizing Economic Values; 7. The Ethics of Privatization; 8. Self-interest and Collective Management; 9. Marketization; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-756058-X

1-280-44308-1

0-19-535825-2

0-585-35198-8

OCLC:

560023946