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Under Corporate Skies: A Struggle Between People, Place, and Profit
Author(s): Martin Brueckner (Author), Dyann Ross (Author)
- Publisher: Fremantle Press
- Publication Date: 2 Aug. 2010
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 350 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781921361760
- ISBN-13: 192136176X
Book Description
The dark side of today’s development agenda – the threat to the social and environmental sustainability of towns when bodies corporate and governments fail to protect the health and wellbeing of communities in the shadow of heavy industry. This study uses the story of a small Australian country town, Yarloop, and its struggle with its corporate neighbour and the State government.
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Review
What has always concerned me most in [these] situations is to expose and challenge the deceits and cover-ups that end up jeopardising public health and safety. I am an advocate for awareness, the truth, and a person’s right to know. I believe that without the truth, we are helpless to defend ourselves, our families and our health. On that count alone, this book makes an important contribution … –Erin Brockovich
About the Author
Martin Brueckner is a social ecologist in the School of Management at Curtin University in Western Australia. His inter-disciplinary teaching and research interests are in the area of sustainability management, focusing on social and environmental justice issues and the politics of sustainability. Dyann Ross teaches at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia while also holding an Adjunct position at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. Her research and practice interests cover the personal mental health of community members and the adverse impacts at community, local and regional levels of the pursuit of unsustainable state and corporate interests.
