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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811291203321

Titolo

Political theory and community building in post-Soviet Russia / / edited by Oleg Kharkhordin and Risto Alapuro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-85510-6

1-283-10500-4

9786613105004

1-136-85511-4

0-203-83524-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; ; 71

Altri autori (Persone)

AlapuroRisto <1944->

KharkhordinOleg <1964->

Disciplina

307.1/4094719

Soggetti

Community development - Russia (Federation) - Cherepovet͡s

Community development - Political aspects - Russia (Federation) - Cherepovet͡s

Infrastructure (Economics) - Russia (Federation) - Cherepovet͡s

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Links with conventional theories -- pt. 2. Case studies.

Sommario/riassunto

This book revisits many aspects of current social science theories, such as actor-network theory and the French school of science and technology studies, to test how the theories apply in a specific situation, in this case after 1991 in the city of Cherepovets in Russia, home of Russia's second biggest steel producer, Severstal. Using political philosophy to analyse the down-to-earth details of the real techno-scientific problems facing the world, the book examines the role of things - and urban infrastructure in particular - in political change. It considers how the city's infrastructure,