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Challenging the stereotype of trailer parks as magnets for stigmatized people, sociologist Leontina Hormel investigates how the closing of a mobile home park in rural northern Idaho led to community activism among its residents: single-mother households, veterans, recovering addicts, and people with disabilities who fought for their rights and dignity.

Challenging the stereotype of trailer parks as magnets for stigmatized people, sociologist Leontina Hormel investigates how the closing of a mobile home park in rural northern Idaho led to community activism among its residents: single-mother households, veterans, recovering addicts, and people with disabilities who fought for their rights and dignity.

This book discusses pedagogical solutions that enable students to see how capitalist processes and economic inequalities intersect and shape our assumptions and behaviours. The contributors provide thoughtful reflections on the struggles and opportunities instructors face in teaching about these topics while competing against the invisibility of capitalist forces and prevalent social myths, such as “anyone who works hard can achieve”. This boo...

This book discusses pedagogical solutions that enable students to see how capitalist processes and economic inequalities intersect and shape our assumptions and behaviours. The contributors provide thoughtful reflections on the struggles and opportunities instructors face in teaching about these topics while competing against the invisibility of capitalist forces and prevalent social myths, such as “anyone who works hard can achieve”. This boo...