Contents 
The Contributors 
Introduction: The Nature of Property 
Peter G. Hollowell 
PARTI SOME ANALYTIC APPROACHES ON PROPERTY 
On the Operationalisation of Property 
Peter G. Hollowell 
2 The Psychology of Ownership and Possessiveness 
Gordon Trasler 
3 The Romantic Theory of Ownership 
Alan Ryan 
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PART II EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF PROPERTY AS A SOCIAL 
INSTITUTION 
Landed Property: Challenge and Response 
David Rose, Colin Bell, Howard Newby, Peter Saunders 03 
Local Control versus Social Control in Land Use Planning: 
Sociological Perspectives 
Charles C. Geisler 
6 The Social World of Petty Property 
Brian Elliott and David McCrone i. 
Some Aspects of Property Distribution and Class Structure 
Gordon Causer 
8 The Bureaucratic Collection of Small Consumer Debts 
Paul Rock 
9 Property and Family Solidarity 
Graham Allan 
LO Career: the Claim to Job Property 
Peter G. Hollowell 
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