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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Gille Zsuzsa
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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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| 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.: | 996248290203316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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