基本説明
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.
Full Description
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 analysis focuses on the struggle between a Budapest-based chemical company and the small rural village that became its toxic dump site.
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Was State Socialism Wasteful?
2. Toward a Social Theory of Waste
Part 1. Discipline and Recycle (1948-1974)
3. Metallic Socialism
4. The Primitive Accumulation of Waste in Metallic Socialism
Part 2. Reform and Reduce (1975-1984)
5. The Efficiency Model
6. The Limits of Efficiency
Part 3. Privatize and Incinerate (1985-present)
7. The Chemical Model
8. "Building a Castle out of Shit": The Wastelands of the New Europe
9. Conclusion
Notes
Sources and References
Index
