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Professor Stephen Munzer's study of property rights is an ambitious work. Drawing on sources as diverse as Hohfeld, Hegel, Locke, civic republicanism, Marx, the classic utilitarians, and Rawls, he seeks to develop a "pluralist" theory of property, one that synthesizes a variety of philosophical perspectives into a single "basic theory" that can be used to assess and promote the reform of different property systems. Like most attempts to achieve a grand philosophical synthesis, however, this one ultimately fails. The most obvious problem is that Munzer's basic theory is too vague and unwieldy to generate determinate answers to the kinds of controversies that concern legislatures and courts. A less obvious but more fundamental problem is that, although the book begins by discussing property rights, it ends as a dissertation on the distribution of wealth. In the final analysis, his basic theory is a prescription not for determining the rights persons have in specific property but for achieving distributive justice.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Cognitive Identity and the Institutionalization of Resettlement Knowledge in Bangladesh -- A Serendipitous Discovery -- "A First" in the Bangladesh Literature on Resettlement -- A Picture at the National Scale: Resettlement in Bangladesh -- Improving Resettlement Management -- The Issue of Inadequate and Rudimentary "Country Systems" -- Treating Reconstruction as a "Distinct Project-Within-a-Project" and Relying More on People's Agency -- Obsolete Legislation on Land Acquisition -- is Causing Injustice and Impoverishment -- New Legislation that Repeats the Same Old Flaws -- Eliminating the "Double Standards" -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Thirty Years of Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement in Bangladesh: An Overview -- Introduction -- Scale and Impacts of Development -- Projects: A Brief Overview -- The 1982 Ordinance -- and the Doctrine of Eminent Domain -- Bridging Gaps in Projects Funded by DFIs -- The Book and Its Contributions -- References -- Part I. Displacement and Resettlement -- Reflections on Early Experiences -- Chapter 1 -- Resettlement in the Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge Project: Innovations and Good Practices -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Planning History and Impact Assessments -- RRAP: Compensation Policy and Resettlement -- Innovations and "Good Practices" in Resettlement Management -- Project Impact Assessments by NGO -- Comprehensive Entitlement Matrix -- Resettlement as a Separate Project -- Maximum Allowable Replacement Value (MARV) -- Resettlement Sites with Civic Amenities -- Host Area Benefits -- Mitigation of Unanticipated Project Impacts -- NGO Services for Resettlement and Social Programs -- Evaluations and Impacts of the Jamuna Experience -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Beyond Resettlement

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Part I: Ecology -- Chapter 1: Current Status of Vegetation of the Dried Bottom of the Aral Sea -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Data Evaluation -- 1.3 Observations -- 1.4 Concluding Remarks -- 1.4.1 The Dynamics of the Formation of Plant Biomass on the Dried Bottom of the Aral Sea -- 1.4.2 Mapping of Vegetation of the Dried Bottom of the Aral Sea -- 1.4.3 Experiment on the Fixation of Shifting Sands of Dried Bottom of the Aral Sea -- 1.5 Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 2: Role of Grasslands in Soil Carbon Storage: Case Study from Alpine Grasslands of North-Western Kashmir Himalaya -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Grasslands of North-Western Kashmir Himalaya: Brief Overview -- 2.3 Study Area -- 2.4 Data Evaluation -- 2.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: The Importance of Forest for Soil, Food, and Climate Security in Asia -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Forest: Global Overview -- 3.3 Deforestation: A Global Challenge -- 3.4 Invasive Species: An Ecological Driver for Forest Change -- 3.5 Forest at Risk Due to Civilian Conflicts -- 3.6 Climate Change Impact on Forest -- 3.7 Forests for Climate Change Mitigation -- 3.8 Forests for Soil Management -- 3.9 Forest for Food and Nutritional Security -- 3.10 Forest Management in Asia Through FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) -- 3.11 Policy, Governance, and Future Road Map -- 3.12 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: The Vegetation of the Pamir-Alay Mountainous System in Middle Asia -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Flora -- 4.3 Vegetation -- 4.4 Description of the Florocenotypes of the Pamir-Alay Mountain Range -- References -- Chapter 5: Plant Diversity and Species Distribution Pattern Across the Pir Panjal Mountain Forest Range in the Western Himalayas -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Study Area -- 5.3 Data Analysis.

ABSTRACTThe demand for'Rolls‐Royce' solutions to the disposal of hazardous and radioactive wastes has seen a continuing move towards more sophisticated disposal concepts. If a disposal site for radioactive wastes meets the strict requirements laid down by Government departments it is difficult to see why there should be any impact to groundwater of concern to the water industry. Hazardous wastes are a much more significant problem, and the large size of many landfills, other pressures on groundwater quality and current EC directives are all contributing to a move away from the use of 'dilute and disperse' sites. It is argued that the long‐term performance of containment sites needs to be carefully evaluated over timescales of 2‐3 decades, as over such periods a correctly‐managed policy of 'dilute and disperse' may result in less of an overall impact to the environment than a policy of 'concentrate and contain'.

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The EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) represents a bold integrationist step in European economic governance. Besides the size of the fiscal envelope, the novelty also lies in the new governance. Member states prepare integrated investment and reform plans and need to fulfil milestones and targets to access funding. This article assesses the balance of power in negotiating the plans and the effect on domestic policymaking. Based on five case studies, we show that the RRF has enhanced the steering capacity of the European Commission on reforms and investments, while member states remain ultimately in charge of the plans. Second, we argue that, while the RRF enhances the efficiency of the policymaking process and allows the fast-forwarding of reforms, it has also led to a contractualization of the relationship with the EU and a centralization of decision-making processes within member states. This latter aspect may hamper ownership and legitimacy in policy implementation.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of maps -- Preface -- Glossary -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- The information order -- Colonial knowledge -- 1 Prologue: surveillance and communication in early modern -- Royal wisdom and intelligence: the tradition -- Moral suasion and Indo-Muslim government -- Social communication and political surveillance -- Information to knowledge: indigenous constructions of Indian society -- The 'dynastic security state' of the eighteenth century -- Literacy, training and social communication -- British knowledge and Indian society to c. 1790 -- Revenue management and the birth of orientalism -- The north Indian information order on the eve of conquest -- 2 Political intelligence and indigenous informants during the conquest of India, c. 1785-1815 -- Posts, carriers, runners and spies -- The British come to terms with the harkara -- Newswriters: the veracity of political information -- Munshis: mastering the mystique of writing -- The pedigree and intellectual history of elite informants -- Penetrating the covered palankin: Madras 1800-1 -- Gossip, and the politics of the women's quarters: Hyderabad, 1800-3 -- Eunuchs and newsletters: Lucknow, 1797-1802 -- 3 Misinformation and failure on the fringes of empire -- Hunting the White Elephant: culture and information during the First Burma War, 1824-6 -- Rumours from the west: between Oxus and Jumna -- Knowledge, intelligence and hierarchy -- 4 Between human intelligence and colonial knowledge -- Orientalism in action. The emergence of the 'political mind' -- The growth and imperfections of revenue knowledge -- The army as institutionalised knowledge -- 'Ground-level imperialism' and local knowledge -- Knowledge gaps and information panics -- Conclusion -- 5 The Indian ecumene: an indigenous public sphere