Domicide
The Global Destruction Of Home
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2001
- Category
- Geography, Cultural
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773522572
- Publish Date
- Oct 2001
- List Price
- $95.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780773522589
- Publish Date
- Oct 2001
- List Price
- $32.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773569614
- Publish Date
- Oct 2001
- List Price
- $110.00
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Description
"Their eyes see rubble, former exiles see home" Globe and Mail, 23 June 2000 Douglas Porteous and Sandra Smith begin their analysis by examining just how important home is to human life and community. Using a multitude of case studies of displacement, they derive a theoretical framework that addresses the methods, effects of, and motives for domicide. Two case studies of resettlement resulting from hydro-electric power development in British Columbia are used to test this framework. Porteous and Smith assess the implications of loss of home, evaluate current efforts at mitigation, suggest better policies to alleviate the suffering of the dispossessed, and - as a last resort - urge resistance against unacceptable projects.
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Editorial Reviews
"A fascinating work - no other book I know of so comprehensively makes a case for rethinking the meaning of emplacement, displacement, and violence in the name of the common good." Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto