03240nam 2200721 a 450 991096623260332120200520144314.0978661207837897812820783761282078372978025311692502531169292027/heb32480(CKB)1000000000485094(EBL)334267(OCoLC)476140917(SSID)ssj0000159074(PQKBManifestationID)11161337(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000159074(PQKBWorkID)10157900(PQKB)10759011(MiAaPQ)EBC334267(OCoLC)216934526(MdBmJHUP)muse16776(Au-PeEL)EBL334267(CaPaEBR)ebr10217793(CaONFJC)MIL207837(dli)HEB32480(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000226(MiU)MIU01100000000000000000226(EXLCZ)99100000000048509420060810d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom the cult of waste to the trash heap of history the politics of waste in socialist and postsocialist Hungary /Zsuzsa Gille1st ed.Bloomington, IN Indiana University Pressc20071 online resource (266 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780253348388 0253348382 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 aPolitics of waste in socialist and postsocialist HungaryEnvironmental policyHungaryRefuse and refuse disposalSocial aspectsHungaryPost-communismHungaryEnvironmental policyRefuse and refuse disposalSocial aspectsPost-communism306.4/6Gille Zsuzsa276330MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966232603321From the cult of waste to the trash heap of history826112UNINA