Places of Possibility

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Through original research conducted in the Outer Hebrides,Scotland, Places of Possibility shows how community landownership can open up the political, social, environmental, andeconomic terrain to more socially just and sustainablepossibilities than private ownership. * Reveals how community land ownership is more just andsustainable than private ownership * Features original theoretical insights into ideas of propertyand nature that disrupt the process of neoliberalisation * Based on original research conducted by the author in the OuterHebrides, Scotland

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A. Fiona D. Mackenzie

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"As Fiona Mackenzie demonstrates in her important newbook, the Highlands and Hebrides have become, in recent years, thecenter of a sustained effort to construct an alternative,place-based and more generous politics to that of a neoliberalimaginary ... Mackenzie has written a book that is thrilling inits optimism and hopefulness. She convincingly explains incompelling detail the hopeful possibilities of the re-commoning inthe Hebrides and Highlands. This is rarely the stuff of academicstudy but is at the heart of Places ofPossibility's profound ambitions and most importantcontribution: anticipating 'more socially, environmentallyand economically generous postneoliberalisms'."(Antipode, 1 September 2013)"In this splendid book Fiona Mackenzie provides an excellentanalysis of the principles and practice of communityland-ownership, an idea which is transforming the landscape of theScottish highlands. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the Hebridesand a very wide range of interdisciplinary references she addsdepth and clarity to our understanding of this profound shift inScottish society." --Ewen A. Cameron, Professor of History, University ofEdinburgh Because Fiona Mackenzie has spent a lot of time in the area, shehas got to grips with the Highlands and Islands experience ofcommunity ownership in a way that no other academic author hasdone. Mackenzie has much to say that is novel, perceptive andimportant, while her background and experience is such as to enableher to bring a range of theoretical perspectives to bear on hersubject matter. --James Hunter, Emeritus Professor of History,University of the Highlands and Islands
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