Private Property and Public Power

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Private Property and Public Power is written by Deborah Lynn Becher and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199394741 (ISBN 10) and 9780199394746 (ISBN 13).

This volume explores the legitimacy of government involvement in private economic actions by presenting a study of property takings. In the first comprehensive study of a city's eminent-domain acquisitions, Debbie Becher explores which properties Philadelphia pursued for private redevelopment and how stakeholders decided that government actions were either a use or abuse of power.