After corporate paternalism : material renovation and social change in times of ruination / Christian Straube.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Straube, Christian, author.

Series:

Integration and conflict studies ; v. 24.

Integration and conflict studies ; volume 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--Zambia--Mpatamatu.

Social change.

Copper miners--Zambia--Mpatamatu--Social conditions.

Copper miners.

Copper industry and trade--Privatization--Social aspects--Zambia--Mpatamatu.

Copper industry and trade.

Downsizing of organizations--Social aspects--Zambia--Mpatamatu.

Downsizing of organizations.

Social responsibility of business--Zambia--Mpatamatu.

Social responsibility of business.

Community centers--Social aspects--Zambia--Mpatamatu.

Community centers.

Community centers--Social aspects.

Downsizing of organizations--Social aspects.

Privatization.

Social aspects.

Social conditions.

Mpatamatu (Zambia)--Social conditions.

Mpatamatu (Zambia).

Zambia.

Physical Description:

xiv, 149 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2021.

Summary:

"In this ethnographic study of post-paternalist ruination and renovation, Christian Straube explores social change at the intersection of material decay and social disconnection in the former mine township Mpatamatu of Luanshya, one of the oldest mining towns on the Zambian Copperbelt. Touching on topics including industrial history, colonial town planning, social control and materiality, gender relations and neoliberal structural change, After Corporate Paternalism offers unique insights into how people reappropriate former corporate spaces and transform them into personal projects of renovation, fundamentally changing the characteristics of their community"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Things fall apart

Of company and government

Of men and women

Of miners and teachers

Of miners and preachers

Conclusion. Things reassembled.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Straube, Christian. After corporate paternalism

ISBN:

9781800731332

1800731337

OCLC:

1223069279