{"product_id":"9781921361760","title":"Under Corporate Skies: A Struggle Between People, Place, and Profit","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnder Corporate Skies is the story of a small Australian country town, Yarloop, and its struggle with its corporate neighbour Alcoa and the West Australian government. Though it deals with a particular community, this tale could be told almost anywhere in Australia where people live in close contact with industry the Hunter Valley, Latrobe Valley, East Gippsland or Gladstone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrueckner and Ross show us the dark side of today's development agenda - the threat to the social and environmental sustainability of towns when body corporates and government fail to protect the health and wellbeing of communities in the shadow of heavy industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile all parties in the conflict are heard in this book, the authors foreground the voices of those least heard in the spheres where politics and economics meet - the local people faced with the breakdown of their town and community, their marriages and friendships; the loss of family, a sense of place and local history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors argue for a form of partnership building in which industries, governments and their electorates meet as equals to create a shared vision that provides for society's material needs while it protects what matters locally: people and place.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fremantle Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039490490608,"sku":"9781921361760","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921361760_p0.jpg?v=1769896030","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921361760","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}