After corporate paternalism [electronic book] : material renovation and social change in the time of ruination / Christian Straube.
By: Straube, Christian [author]
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BookSeries: Integration and conflict studies: 24Publisher: New York : Berghahn Books, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781800731332 (hardback); 9781800734159 (e-Book).Subject(s): Social change -- Zambia -- Mpatamatu | Copper mines and mining -- Zambia -- Mpatamatu -- Social conditions | Copper industry and trade -- Privatization -- Zambia -- Mpatamatu | Downsizing of organizations -- Social aspects -- Zambia -- Mpatamatu | Social responsibility of business -- Zambia -- MpatamatuDDC classification: 303.4 Online resources: e-Book 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.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| e-BOOK | MTU Bishopstown Library eBook | 303.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan |
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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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Christian Straube was a PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Saale), Germany, from 2014 to 2018. From 2019 to 2022, he managed the China Programme at Stiftung Asienhaus. Currently, he is a project manager at the Centre for Europe in the World of Stiftung Mercator in Essen.