Wal-Mart wars : moral populism in the twenty-first century /
Wal-Mart is America's largest retailer. The national chain of stores is a powerful stand-in of both the promise and perils of free market capitalism. Yet it is also often the target of public outcry for its labor practices, to say nothing of class-action lawsuits, and a central symbol in Americ...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2013]
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Why should we care about the Wal-Mart debate?. Constructing moral markets ; Contextualizing the Wal-Mart wars
- Competing frameworks for market morality. Individuals and communities ; Thrift and benevolence ; Freedom and fairness
- Market morality in media and politics. How Wal-Mart wins the war of words ; Moral populism in the twenty-first century.