TY - JOUR
T1 - Current Scottish Land Reform and Reclaiming the Commons
T2 - Building Community Resilience
AU - Danson, Mike
AU - Burnett, Kathryn A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Our thanks to the participants in the original Ploughing up the Landed Commons seminar. The reviewers were careful, insightful and encouraging in proposing ways to improve the paper and we much appreciate their time and efforts in improving this final version. However, our most heartfelt thanks are for Catherine Locke who has gone beyond the normal expectations of a journal editor in offering guidance and suggestions throughout, these and her perseverance have been very welcome. The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 SAGE Publications.
PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - Scotland has been addressing the highest European concentrations of land ownership through land reform legislation, encouraging communities to buy out the lairds. Collective efforts to take ownership of the commons are explored through application of theories on governance, regional development and institutions. Experiences of Inner and Outer Hebridean islanders under private and then community ownership, paying special attention to the case of the Isle of Eigg, are considered. Their collective tenacity, flexibility and confidence in securing a community future despite continuing challenges to remote small island living are offered as keystone examples from Scotland of small island enterprise, social development and collective community actions.
AB - Scotland has been addressing the highest European concentrations of land ownership through land reform legislation, encouraging communities to buy out the lairds. Collective efforts to take ownership of the commons are explored through application of theories on governance, regional development and institutions. Experiences of Inner and Outer Hebridean islanders under private and then community ownership, paying special attention to the case of the Isle of Eigg, are considered. Their collective tenacity, flexibility and confidence in securing a community future despite continuing challenges to remote small island living are offered as keystone examples from Scotland of small island enterprise, social development and collective community actions.
KW - Buyouts
KW - commons
KW - community involvement and partnerships
KW - Hebrides
KW - land reform
KW - Scotland
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85107925760&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/14649934211018393
DO - 10.1177/14649934211018393
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85107925760
SN - 1464-9934
VL - 21
SP - 280
EP - 297
JO - Progress in Development Studies
JF - Progress in Development Studies
IS - 3
ER -
