Taking back our lives in the age of corporate dominance /

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Never before have so many people felt the American Dream crashing down around them. The corporate framework--which values competition and the bottom line above all else--keeps many of us running after an elusive goal and impinges on our personal lives. Advertising-driven culture causes material desi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Schwartz, Ellen, 1950- (Autor), Stoddard, Suzanne, 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler, 2000.
Temas:
1980-2020
Technology > Social aspects.
Société postindustrielle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Economic history.
Social conditions
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
United States > Economic conditions > 1981-2001.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1980-
États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 1981-
États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 1981-2001.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART I: HOW CORPORATE STRUCTURES, PRODUCTS, AND PROCESSES IMPACT OUR WORK AND PERSONAL LIVES: Introduction
  • A time of turbulence: when too much information keeps us from knowing the truth
  • The gift that keeps on taking: how the bottom-line mentality is bottoming out our lives and the planet
  • The hidden costs of competition: the heavy price we pay to win
  • This is entertainment? : TV as purveyor of a culture of disrespect and promoter of a passive populace
  • Media, girls, and body image: how impossible images of physical perfection are making our girls sick
  • The best government big money can buy: can a corporate-sponsored democracy serve the people?
  • What do world trade agreements have to do with me? : globalization means equalizing down to the lowest common denominator
  • Time: a nonrenewable resource: why are we finding time to live
  • PART II: FRESH CHOICES: SAYING YES! TO A MORE EXPANSIVE LIFE: Change and the comfort zone: embracing risks that have been foisted upon us by life
  • What's an inner life and who needs it? : trading fear for trust and planting seeds for loving-kindness
  • Flashpoints: how our stresses play out in the family crucible, damaging those we love most
  • Nurturing what is precious: finding new ways to communicate and connect withour loved ones
  • Meaningful work: livelihoods both personally satisfying and earth-friendly
  • Giving time, getting joy: life as a banquet for the servers
  • Together we are whole: new ways to create a support network while beating the high cost of living
  • Paring down our lives: how less can be made more
  • What is and what can be: starting from wherever you are with a passionate consciousness
  • Way more fun than TV: surefire ways to release your playful spirit.

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