Beyond Privatopia: Rethinking Residential Private Government
- ISBN-10
- 0877667691
- ISBN-13
- 9780877667698
- Category
- Civil society
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Author
- Evan McKenzie
Description
The rise of residential private governance may be the most extensive and dramatic privatization of public life in U.S. history. Private communities, often called common interest developments, are now home to almost one-fifth of the U.S. population⿿indeed, many localities have mandated that all new development be encompassed in a CID. The ubiquity of private communities has changed the nature of local governance. Residents may like closer control of neighborhood services but may also find themselves contending with intrusions an elected government would not be allowed to make, like a ban on pets or yard decorations. And if things go wrong, the contracts residents must sign to purchase within the community give them little legal recourse. In Beyond Privatopia: Rethinking Residential Private Government, attorney and political science scholar Evan McKenzie explores emerging trends in private governments and competing schools of thought on how to operate them, from state oversight to laissez-faire libertarianism.
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