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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
New York University Press,
[2013]
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
| Summary: | 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 America's increasingly polarized political discourse over consumption, capitalism and government regulations. In many ways the battle over Wal-Mart is the battle between "Main Street" and "Wall Street" as the fate of workers under globalization and the ability of the private market to effectively distribute pr. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 225 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0814763359 9780814763353 9780814763360 0814763367 |