{"product_id":"communities-and-capital-local-struggles-against-corporate-power-and-privatization-paperback","title":"Communities and Capital: Local Struggles Against Corporate Power and Privatization - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas W. Collins\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn D. Wingard\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMark Moberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCapitalism has long been idealized as a symbol of success, power, and free enterprise. In reality, while capitalism has brought wealth and success to some people, many others are rapidly losing opportunities to make a living as globalization transfers more and more control over local resources to distant powers. Today there is a growing sense that something is wrong with a system that treats people as mere components of the production process, focusing on efficiency to such extremes that services to citizens of even wealthy nations are neglected. The eleven anthropologists, economists, and researchers represented in this volume address this disparity of global capitalism and offer surprising solutions to the present effects of the burgeoning \"global marketplace\" on some of today's struggling communities. The essays, ranging in subject matter from the preservation of traditional fishing communities in New England to the effects of NAFTA, emphasize the need to reestablish grassroots development and locally focused use of resources and champion the concerns of contemporary poor and working-class people. In its consideration of possible alternatives to the profoundly damaging effects of uncontrolled global capitalism, \u003ci\u003eCommunities and Capital\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new perspective that balances the power and success of capitalism with a recognition of its costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas W. Collins (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e THOMAS W. COLLINS is a professor of anthropology at the University of Memphis. He is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eStratification and Resegregation: The Case of the Crossover High School, Memphis\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eCities in a Wider Context\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn D. Wingard (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e JOHN D. WINGARD is a professor of anthropology at the University of Memphis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.97 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53085731553587,"sku":"9780820321738","price":49.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/X6aDieFC9R9780820321738.webp?v=1772046451","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/communities-and-capital-local-struggles-against-corporate-power-and-privatization-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}