1st Edition
Private Rights in Public Resources Equity and Property Allocation in Market-Based Environmental Policy
By Professor Leigh Raymond
Copyright 2003
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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Privatizing public resources by creating stronger property rights, including so-called rights to pollute, is an increasingly popular environmental policy option. While advocates of this type of market-based environmental policy tend to focus on its efficiency and ecological implications, such policies also raise important considerations of equity and distributive justice. Private Rights in Public... Read more
Introduction: Equity Norms in Environmental Policy
1. Licensed Property and Alternatives to the 'Gavel Theory' of Fairness in Public Policy
2. A Property Theory Framework
3. The Present: SO2 Emission Allowances, 1989-2002
4. The Past: Public Lands Grazing, 1934-1938
5. The Future: Allocating 'Extra-National' Resources
6. Conclusion: The Case for Equity Revisited
Bibliography
Biography
Leigh Raymond is an assistant professor of political science at Purdue University. His articles about property rights, localism, and environmental policy have appeared in Ecology Law Quarterly, Natural Resources Journal, Policy Sciences, and Science.
'Evinces a deep grasp of the legal and philosophical issues . . . and offers a nice conceptual framework within which the discussion of property arrangements and public policy is grounded.' Daniel W. Bromley, University of Wisconsin-Madison '[This book demonstrates] how well-accepted principles of fairness and distributive justice have guided politicians in allocating private rights to public resources newly created by market-based programs. . . . An excellent book for classroom use and professional development.' Rangelands
