From the cult of waste to the trash heap of history : the politics of waste in socialist and postsocialist Hungary / Zsuzsa Gille.

Author/creator Gille, Zsuzsa
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2007.
Descriptionx, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Environmental policy--Hungary.
Refuse and refuse disposal--Social aspects. --Hungary.
Post-communism--Hungary.

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-245) and index.
LCCN 2006026312
ISBN0253348382 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253348388 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GE190.H9 G55 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold