Appalachian policy, the corporate state, and American values: a critical perspective
This paper explores the historical interplay of Appalachia and America over the past hundred years. The focus is on questions of culture and ideology, policy, and values as these have been constituted in the development of our corporate state and its penetration and integration of the region. A careful examination of Henry Shapiro's Appalachia on our Mind brings to the surface many of the assumptions and values generally underlying the social and public policies binding the nation and the region. Ideological aspects in the genesis of the region as a social problem receive considerable attention. It becomes apparent that understanding Appalachia hinges on critical, historical perspectives on modern America: the liberal tradition, the technological world view, and the politicized economy of the corporate state. The notion that time stood still in Appalachia (the static image) has developed in ways that deflect or obscure comprehension of the region's particular form of modernization. 34 references.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington
- OSTI ID:
- 6545751
- Journal Information:
- Policy Stud. J.; (United States), Vol. 9:4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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