Under Corporate Skies A Struggle Between People, Place, and Profit

by Brueckner, Martin; Ross, Dyann; Brockovich, Erin

• ISBN13: 9781921361760
• ISBN10: 192136176X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-01
• Publisher: Fremantle Press

Summary

Under Corporate Skies is about what happens to communities when they stand in the way of corporate profits.  It is the story of a tiny town pitted against a strong corporate neighbour.With the help of international campaigner, Erin Brockovich, the small town of Yarloop in Western Australia is preparing a civil class action against Alcoa World Alumina.  The struggle is over social, health and environmental concerns surrounding Alcoa's Wagerup alumina refinery.This story will resonate with national and international communities facing similar clashes amidst ongoing industrialisation.  As we live under expanding corporate skies, this book shows that profits matter, but not more than people and place.

Author Biography

Martin Brueckner is a lecturer at Curtin University and an adjunct lecturer and researcher at Edith Cowan University. Dyann Ross is a mental health social worker with the Queensland Department of Health. Erin Brockovich is a former American legal clerk and environmental activist who was instrumental in constructing a case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company of California in 1993.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 3
Preface	p. 8
Acknowledgements	p. 10
Introduction	p. 12
A small town and its corporate neighbour	p. 18
The pathology of industry-community relations	p. 37
Local stories about regional (un)sustainability	p. 61
The corporation's public story	p. 126
Small government and big business	p. 159
Sustainability doublespeak	p. 199
Towards a just ethic of people, place and profit	p. 238
Notes	p. 271
References	p. 294
Index	p. 312
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