Land Wars: The Politics of Property and Community (Explorations in Public Policy)

A political scientist and a scholar of philosophy and law (both: U. of Utah) examine the question of individual vs. community property rights. Challenging both the property rights and community ownership paradigms as simplistic assumptions of localism, they present an approach that takes into account the complex nature of land use issues. They also contend that, both physically and politically, land use is not a strictly local matter. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)