ESPM 50AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Land Tenure, John Locke, Contract Theory

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6 revolutionary values and property: john locke"s conception of property, labor & nature, means for accumulating wealth. The social contract & the declaration of independence. The lockean social contract: life, health, liberty, & possessions. Relative equality of land distribution as basis of american democracy. But systematic exclusion: land tenure; sovereignty. Property: rights & obligations to things, enforceable by custom, norm, or law: not the things themselves, not always absolute, private, (cid:862)(cid:271)u(cid:374)dle of rights(cid:863) Tenure: the system of rules defining the allocation of property (e. g. law, custom: (cid:862)te(cid:374)ure rights(cid:863) Common: community member right to not be excluded. Major implications for socioeconomic organization & natural resource management. Propert(cid:455) relatio(cid:374)s shape a(cid:374)d refle(cid:272)t : access to & control over natural resources, social & economic processes, wealth, power, to (cid:373)ake de(cid:272)isio(cid:374)s affe(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g people"s li(cid:448)es, political rights. Natural resource management: control resource use & change landscapes. Vi(cid:374)e deloria: (cid:862)(cid:373)i(cid:374)orities(cid:863) & the e(cid:454)pa(cid:374)di(cid:374)g so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)o(cid:374)tra(cid:272)t.

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