Niagara Falling
Subtitle: Globalization in a Small Town
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: September 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780739121689
Subjects: Sociological Research; Social Science; Sociology; Ontario; Sociology - Urban; Non-Classifiable; Globalization; Sociology - General; Business enterprises, Foreign; Industries; Niagara; Social aspects; Wisconsin
Description: "Niagara Falling reveals what happens to a small community when it is forced into the global economy. This case study of the effects of "globalization in reverse," when foreign-based companies operate in a community in the United States, takes the reader to Niagara, Wisconsin, where the primary employer is the local paper mill, currently owned by a new, foreign company. Miller examines whether and how local government, civic engagement, education, and the environment are affected by this reverse globalization. Has Niagara changed because its main employer is now a huge, multinational company based in Finland? Or are many of the changes it has experienced simply the result of the natural progression of a small town? Niagara Falling is an accessible work for sociology scholars and students alike."--Jacket.