Domicide : the global destruction of home / J. Douglas Porteous & Sandra E. Smith.

By:

Porteous, J. Douglas (John Douglas), 1943-

Contributor(s):

Smith, Sandra Eileen, 1942-

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780773569614
0773569618
1282859625
9781282859623
9786612859625
6612859628

Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Domicide.DDC classification:

304.8 21

LOC classification:

HQ518 .P673 2001eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Introducing domicide -- Home: a landscape of the heart -- Extreme domicide: Landscapes of violence -- Everyday domicide: landscapes of cruelty -- Drowning home: the Columbia River Basin in British columbia -- The nature of domicide -- Ending domicide?

Review: "Media reports describing the destruction of people's homes, for reasons ranging from ethnic persecution to the perceived need for a new airport or highway, are all too familiar. The planned destruction of homes affects millions of people globally; places destroyed range in scale from single dwellings to entire homelands. Domicide tells how and why the powerful destroy homes that happen to be in the way of corporate, political, bureaucratic, and strategic projects. Too frequently, this destruction is justified as being in the public interest." "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 motives for, methods, and effects of 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."--Jacket

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-277) and index.

Print version record.

"Media reports describing the destruction of people's homes, for reasons ranging from ethnic persecution to the perceived need for a new airport or highway, are all too familiar. The planned destruction of homes affects millions of people globally; places destroyed range in scale from single dwellings to entire homelands. Domicide tells how and why the powerful destroy homes that happen to be in the way of corporate, political, bureaucratic, and strategic projects. Too frequently, this destruction is justified as being in the public interest." "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 motives for, methods, and effects of 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."--Jacket

English.

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