Social conflict over property rights: the end, a new beginning, or a continuing debate?

Jacobs, Harvey M.

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“…This type of citizen activity is examined in the Florida case study later in this article; and opposition more generally has been noted recently in Toronto, Canada (Filion 2011). Property rights and wise-use concerns have long circulated and often center on development projects, home rule, eminent domain, or growth management (e.g., Jacobs 2010Jacobs , 2012Jacobs and Paulson 2009). However, three interrelated fundamental areas have been under additional intense scrutiny recently: regional planning and governance, sustainability policies, and public agency outreach efforts (Trapenberg Frick 2013).…”

Section: Conservative Views and Tea Party And Property Rights Activismmentioning

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“…With the 2016 election of Republican Donald Trump to the presidency (and the Republicans' continued control of both houses of Congress, as well as the majority of governorships and state legislatures), Tea Party groups or like formulations are positioned to galvanize support for their causes (e.g., Main Street Patriots 2017). With or without the Republican surge and the president's election victory, Jacobs (2010Jacobs ( , 2012 argues that private property rights discourse and advocacy will continue to be prominent on the public agenda, setting the stage for enduring ideologically based conflict over planning.…”

Section: Conservative Views and Tea Party And Property Rights Activismmentioning

confidence: 99%

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No Permanent Friends, No Permanent Enemies: Agonistic Ethos, Tactical Coalitions, and Sustainable Infrastructure

Frick

2018

Journal of Planning Education and Research

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Turbulent debates between divergent actors are part of the fiber of planning. One manifestation of tensions is the emergence of tactical coalitions with citizens finding common ground across the political divide. This article seeks to theorize such coalition formation for which planning scholarship is sparse. Drawing from agonism, other scholarship, and three U.S. cases of sustainable infrastructure, I develop a typology of tactical coalitions based on their level of strategic interaction, duration, and transformation. This research and theorization provides compelling evidence that polarized citizens connect in agonistic and deliberative ways outside of formal planning processes and have influence in decision making.

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Section: Conservative Views and Tea Party And Property Rights Activismmentioning

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Section: Conservative Views and Tea Party And Property Rights Activismmentioning

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No Permanent Friends, No Permanent Enemies: Agonistic Ethos, Tactical Coalitions, and Sustainable Infrastructure

Frick

2018

Journal of Planning Education and Research

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“…Property rights advocates identify at least two problems with this: when what an individual owns and controls is only what the government says he or she controls, does private property really exist? And what about the literal and figurative property-democracy social contract which forged and underlies the US (Sandefur, 2006;Jacobs, 2010)?…”

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Whose Citizenship? Social Conflict over Property in the United States

Jacobs

2020

Social Policy & Society

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Land ownership and the rights in property are central to the American character, having originated as part of the colonial dialogue that led to the American revolution. Yet there has also been substantial social conflict over who has claims to property, and in whose interest. This article presents an interpretive history of citizenship claims to land and property from the colonial period to the present. It argues that a theme in this history is an ever expanding realm of citizenship claims against the individual owner, most markedly since the beginning of the twentieth century. The emergence of the modern environmental movement and a counter so-called private property rights movement in the 1970s forward has accentuated this social conflict. The future likely holds increased conflict in an era of social and political polarisation. The outcome is uncertain, and will depend on democratic dialogue among those with strongly opposing perspectives.

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“…And even in the developed world, there are intensive discussions about property, especially about the appropriate extent of governmental action toward privately owned land (e.g. Jacobs, , about the USA, and Allen, , about Europe).…”

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“…This tendency has been further aided by advocacy suggesting that the creation of private property is the central variable to the alleviation of poverty in developing countries (de Soto, ). In this same period, there has been a rejuvenation of the social and legal debate about private property in the USA (Jacobs, , , ), and in Western Europe, decades‐old institutional arrangements that have structured the relationship of the individual to the state over the scope of private property have begun to shift significantly (e.g. Allen, ; Jacobs, 2008ab, ; Ploeger & Groetelaers, ).…”

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Private property and human rights: A mismatch in the 21st century?

Jacobs

2013

Int J Soc Welfare

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This article explores the future of private property in land in the context of the United Nations' (UN) human rights framework. I examine the historical and current debate, and show why it is difficult to come to a definitive conclusion on a matter that has been so central to social and political philosophy. Among the questions that frame this investigation is the relevance of 18th century property‐related human rights concepts in the 21st century, where the poor are increasingly residents of informal settlements in mega‐cities. I critically assess the wording and adoption of Article 17 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I further examine the formal actions of the UN to demonstrate the confusion that exists about the role of private property. Then, I argue that private property is a human right, but this does not mean that it will take the form that it does in Western societies.

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Social conflict over property rights: the end, a new beginning, or a continuing debate?

Cited by 15 publications

References 17 publications

No Permanent Friends, No Permanent Enemies: Agonistic Ethos, Tactical Coalitions, and Sustainable Infrastructure

No Permanent Friends, No Permanent Enemies: Agonistic Ethos, Tactical Coalitions, and Sustainable Infrastructure

Whose Citizenship? Social Conflict over Property in the United States

Private property and human rights: A mismatch in the 21st century?

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