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15 Cards in this Set
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Why was the family forced to give back the watermelon they bought in "Too Many Bananas?" |
the village leader was ashamed that they had bought food, since they were guests, they were supposed to have all of their food brought to them? |
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What was the first lesson in "Too Many Bananas?" |
don't buy food with money in a society where food is shared or gifted |
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What advice did the chief give the family after they refused the bananas (and would not give tobacco) in "Too Many Bananas?" |
if they could not use it (or didn't want it) they should give it to someone else |
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What was the second lesson in "Too Many Bananas?" |
never refuse a gift, and never fail to return a gift (there are never too many bananas) |
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What does the family do when Sara asks for tobacco and doesn't give anything in return in "Too Many Bananas?" |
they ask for a pineapple, which Sara steals for them |
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What is the third lesson in "Too Many Bananas?" |
you cannot demand a gift, just as you cannot refuse a request |
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What kind of reciprocity are they describing in "Too Many Bananas?" |
generalized, balanced, and negative |
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What kind of industries does "Corporation" focus on? |
harm industries |
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What is neoliberalism in "Corporation"? |
revival of Adam Smith's classic economic liberalism, the ides that governments should not regulate private enterprise and that free market forces should rule; a currently dominant intervention philosophy |
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Which two harm industries do the authors focus on in "Corporation?" |
tobacco and mining |
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What are the three main phases of corporate response to critique, as described in "Corporations?" |
1. denial 2. acknowledgement and token accommodation ("light" cigarettes) 3. strategic engagement, often after a crisis (BP after Gulf spill took on an environmental language) |
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How do politics of resignation work in "Corporations?" |
corporations influence government (eg lobbying) and deflect public critique, making it even easier for corporations to shape government regulation |
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How do corporations "manufacture uncertainty" in "Corporations?" |
often with "counterscience" or simply public relations |
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What is structural violence, as referred to in "Corporations?" |
social arrangements that systematically bring subordinated and disadvantaged groups in harm's way |
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Which word symbolizes resignation, the feeling that nothing can be done in "Corporations?" |
Whatever |
