The Construction of Property

The Construction of Property identifies the structural and institutional foundations of property, and explains how these features can accommodate various normative agendas. Offering rich and cutting-edge analysis, the book studies the spectrum of property regimes including private, common and public property as well as innovative forms of property hybrids such as US-style residential community associations, the British Private Finance Initiative, the Israeli Renewing Kibbutz, community land trusts and grassroots phenomena of property ordering in publicly-owned open spaces. It also investigates the protagonists of property beyond the individual and the state, identifying the key role that community organisations and business corporations play for both the private and public aspects of property. The book then addresses property's greatest challenge: the move from a largely domestic legal construct into one that accommodates the increasing social and economic forces of globalisation.

• Aids in constructing a common concept of property and in fostering a productive dialogue about values and ideals that should be promoted by the institution of property
• Analysis of real-life property regimes offers important lessons for public decision-makers, community organisations, private and public foundations and social activists
• Studies the unique role of property protagonists beyond the individual and the state, especially community organisations and business corporations