Chapter 6. The Difference that Class Makes: Neoliberalization and Non-Capitalism in the Fishing Industry of New England
- Becky Mansfield
Published Online: 25 MAR 2009
DOI: 10.1002/9781444306750.ch6
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Book Title
Privatization: Property and the Remaking of Nature-Society Relations
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How to Cite
St. Martin, K. (2009) The Difference that Class Makes: Neoliberalization and Non-Capitalism in the Fishing Industry of New England, in Privatization: Property and the Remaking of Nature-Society Relations (ed B. Mansfield), Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444306750.ch6
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- Published Online: 25 MAR 2009
- Published Print: 28 MAR 2008
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Print ISBN: 9781405175500
Online ISBN: 9781444306750
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- neoliberalization and non-capitalism in fishing industry of New England;
- persistence of non-capitalism - passage of Magnuson Act in 1976 - system of fisheries management;
- exclusive economic zone (EEZ) - “open access” fisheries;
- economic barriers or economic foundations - chronic “overfishing” and environmental problems;
- alternative economy in fisheries and sharing fish;
- sustaining livelihoods- benefits and losses of fish harvesting between boat owners and crewmembers;
- constituting non-capitalism - alternative nature of fishing communities;
- “problem” of common property ownership in fisheries;
- individual fishing quotas (IFQs)
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
The Persistence of Non-Capitalism
Economic Barriers or Economic Foundations?
The Alternative Economy
Constituting Non-Capitalism
Property, Subjectivity, and Class Transformation
Conclusion
Endnotes
References