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Autore |
Gille Zsuzsa |
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Titolo |
From the cult of waste to the trash heap of history [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of waste in socialist and postsocialist Hungary / / Zsuzsa Gille |
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Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-07837-2 |
9786612078378 |
0-253-11692-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (266 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Environmental policy - Hungary |
Refuse and refuse disposal - Social aspects - Hungary |
Post-communism - Hungary |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Was state socialism wasteful? -- Toward a social theory of waste -- Discipline and recycle (1948-1974) -- Metallic socialism -- The primitive accumulation of waste in metallic socialism -- Reform and reduce (1975-1984) -- The efficiency model -- The limits of efficiency -- Privatize and incinerate (1985-present) -- The chemical model -- "Building a castle out of shit": the wastelands of the new Europe -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Zsuzsa Gille combines social history, cultural analysis, and environmental sociology to advance a long overdue social theory of waste in this study of waste management, Hungarian state socialism, and post--Cold War capitalism. From 1948 to the end of the Soviet period, Hungary developed a cult of waste that valued reuse and recycling. With privatization the old environmentally beneficial, though not flawless, waste regime was eliminated, and dumping and waste incineration were again promoted. Gille's a |
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