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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.1/4094719
• Soggetto topico: Community development - Russia (Federation) - Cherepovet͡s; Community development - Political aspects - Russia (Federation) - Cherepovet͡s; Infrastructure (Economics) - Russia (Federation) - Cherepovet͡s
• Altri autori: AlapuroRisto <1944-> KharkhordinOleg <1964->
• 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,
• Titolo autorizzato: Political theory and community building in post-Soviet Russia
• ISBN: 1-136-85510-6; 1-283-10500-4; 9786613105004; 1-136-85511-4; 0-203-83524-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789802603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; ; 71.