Political Theory and Community Building in Post-Soviet Russia Contributor(s): Kharkhordin, Oleg (Editor), Alapuro, Risto (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138995010 ISBN-13: 9781138995017 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
Dewey: 307.140 |
Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies |
Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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, including housing, ICT networks, the provision of public utilities of all kinds, has been transformed in recent years; examines the roles of different actors including the municipal authorities, and explores citizens' differing and sometimes contradictory images of their city. It includes a great deal of new thinking on how communities are built, how common action is initiated to provide public goods, and how the goods themselves - physical things - are a crucial driver of community action and community building, arguably more so than more abstract social and human forces. |