Gille, Zsuzsa.

From the cult of waste to the trash heap of history : the politics of waste in socialist and postsocialist Hungary / Zsuzsa Gille. - Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2007. - x, 250 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Environmental policy--Hungary.
Refuse and refuse disposal--Social aspects--Hungary.
Post-communism--Hungary.

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