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Twenty-five years after his prescient Democracy's Discontent, Michael Sandel updates his classic work for our more fractious age. He shows how, since the 1990s, Democrats and Republicans embraced a market faith that led to the toxic politics of our time. To rescue democracy, he argues, we must reimagine the economy and revitalize the civic project.
Citizenship --- Civil rights --- Democracy --- Liberalism --- Politics, Practical. --- New Deal. --- antitrust. --- bank. --- big business. --- community. --- consumer. --- corporation. --- distributive justice. --- freedom. --- growth. --- independence. --- keynesian revolution. --- monopoly. --- procedural republic. --- progressive reform. --- slavery. --- virtue. --- voluntarism. --- wage labor. --- welfare.
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How rich people use nature to enhance their status, find rural salvation, and resolve the complex predicaments in their livesBillionaire Wilderness takes you inside the exclusive world of the ultra-wealthy, showing how today's richest people are using the natural environment to solve the existential dilemmas they face. Justin Farrell spent five years in Teton County, Wyoming, the richest county in the United States, and a community where income inequality is the worst in the nation. He conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews, gaining unprecedented access to tech CEOs, Wall Street financiers, oil magnates, and other prominent figures in business and politics. He also talked with the rural poor who live among the ultra-wealthy and often work for them. The result is a penetrating account of the far-reaching consequences of the massive accrual of wealth, and an eye-opening and sometimes troubling portrait of a changing American West where romanticizing rural poverty and conserving nature can be lucrative—socially as well as economically.Weaving unforgettable storytelling with thought-provoking analysis, Billionaire Wilderness reveals how the ultra-wealthy are buying up the land and leveraging one of the most pristine ecosystems in the world to climb even higher on the socioeconomic ladder. The affluent of Teton County are people burdened by stigmas, guilt, and status anxiety—and they appropriate nature and rural people to create more virtuous and deserving versions of themselves. This incisive and compelling book reveals the hidden connections between wealth concentration and the environment, two of the most pressing and contentious issues of our time.
Billionaires --- Rich people --- Environmental ethics --- Environmental policy --- Income distribution --- Social conflict --- 1 percent. --- 1 percenters. --- American West. --- David Naguib Pellow. --- Lisa Sun-Hee Park. --- The Slums of Aspen. --- affluenza. --- discrimination. --- environmental issues. --- environmental justice. --- environmental sustainability. --- environmentalism. --- eviction. --- gentrification. --- income gap. --- income inequality. --- land conservation. --- low-wage labor. --- one percent. --- one percenters. --- rural America. --- rural poor. --- social stratification. --- undocumented immigration. --- wealth concentration. --- Political activity --- Social life and customs. --- West (U.S.) --- Economic conditions.
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Surfing today evokes many things: thundering waves, warm beaches, bikinis and lifeguards, and carefree pleasure. But is the story of surfing really as simple as popular culture suggests? In this first international political history of the sport, Scott Laderman shows that while wave riding is indeed capable of stimulating tremendous pleasure, its globalization went hand in hand with the blood and repression of the long twentieth century. Emerging as an imperial instrument in post-annexation Hawaii, spawning a form of tourism that conquered the littoral Third World, tracing the struggle against South African apartheid, and employed as a diplomatic weapon in America's Cold War arsenal, the saga of modern surfing is only partially captured by Gidget, the Beach Boys, and the film Blue Crush. From nineteenth-century American empire-building in the Pacific to the low-wage labor of the surf industry today, Laderman argues that surfing in fact closely mirrored American foreign relations. Yet despite its less-than-golden past, the sport continues to captivate people worldwide. Whether in El Salvador or Indonesia or points between, the modern history of this cherished pastime is hardly an uncomplicated story of beachside bliss. Sometimes messy, occasionally contentious, but never dull, surfing offers us a whole new way of viewing our globalized world.--
Surfing --- Body surfing --- Surf riding --- Surfboard riding --- Surfboarding --- Surfriding --- Aquatic sports --- Political aspects. --- History. --- 797.1 <09> --- 797.148 --- 316.7:796 --- 316.7:796 Sociologie van de sport --- Sociologie van de sport --- 797.148 Windsurfen --- Windsurfen --- 797.1 <09> Watersport met vaartuigen--(algemeen)--Geschiedenis van ... --- Watersport met vaartuigen--(algemeen)--Geschiedenis van ... --- History --- Political aspects --- Watersport met vaartuigen--(algemeen)--Geschiedenis van .. --- Watersport met vaartuigen--(algemeen)--Geschiedenis van . --- Watersport met vaartuigen--(algemeen)--Geschiedenis van --- american foreign relations. --- american imperialism. --- apartheid. --- athletes. --- beaches. --- blue crush. --- cold war. --- commodification. --- diplomacy. --- empire. --- gidget. --- globalization. --- hawaii. --- history of surfing. --- history. --- imperialism. --- individual sports. --- indonesia. --- industrial surfing. --- international politics. --- long 20th century. --- low wage labor. --- modern surf culture. --- ocean. --- political history of surfing. --- politics. --- repression. --- south africa. --- sports. --- surfing today. --- surfing. --- the beach boys. --- tourism. --- united states of america. --- wave riding. --- waves.
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Offers a new approach to the study of labor on the subcontinent and globally, questioning the relevance of the predominant wage labor paradigm for Africa and the Global South.
Zulu (African people) --- Social conditions. --- Rural-urban relations. --- Labor. --- Economic history. --- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General --- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics --- Rural-urban relations --- Labor --- Stevedores --- Rural-urban interaction --- Urban-rural interaction --- Urban-rural relations --- Sociology, Rural --- Sociology, Urban --- Amazulu (African people) --- Isizulu (African people) --- Kafirs (African people) --- Zulus --- Zunda (African people) --- Ethnology --- Nguni (African people) --- Economic conditions --- History, Economic --- Economics --- Labor and laboring classes --- Manpower --- Work --- Working class --- Descriptive sociology --- Social conditions --- Social history --- History --- Sociology --- Dock hands --- Dockers --- Dockhands --- Dockworkers --- Longshore workers --- Longshoremen --- Shore porters --- Waterfront workers --- Waterside workers --- Wharf labourers --- Wharfies --- Wharfys --- Harbor personnel --- Economic conditions. --- South Africa --- Durban (South Africa) --- Durban, Natal --- eThekwini (South Africa) --- Africa, South --- Anti-Indian Sentiments. --- Apartheid. --- British Empire. --- Durban's Docks. --- Durban. --- Economic Nationalism. --- Gender Dynamics. --- Global Labor. --- Indian Ocean. --- Livelihoods. --- Rural Households. --- South Africa. --- Wage Labor. --- Zulu Workers.
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