Introduction. Things fall apart -- Of company and government -- Of men and women -- Of miners and teachers -- Of miners and preachers -- Conclusion. Things reassembled.
"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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Social change--Zambia--Mpatamatu. Copper miners--Social conditions.--Zambia--Mpatamatu Copper industry and trade--Privatization--Social aspects--Zambia--Mpatamatu. Downsizing of organizations--Social aspects--Zambia--Mpatamatu. Social responsibility of business--Zambia--Mpatamatu. Community centers--Social aspects--Zambia--Mpatamatu. Community centers--Social aspects. Downsizing of organizations--Social aspects. Social change. Social conditions. Social responsibility of business. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural