From the cult of waste to the trash heap of history [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of waste in socialist and postsocialist Hungary / / Zsuzsa Gille

• Autore: Gille Zsuzsa
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4/6
• Soggetto topico: Environmental policy - Hungary; Refuse and refuse disposal - Social aspects - Hungary; Post-communism - Hungary
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: From the cult of waste to the trash heap of history
• ISBN: 1-282-07837-2; 9786612078378; 0-253-11692-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452234503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II