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Political Theory and Community Building in Post-Soviet Russia
Oleg Kharkhordin • Risto Alapuro
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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 Russias 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 citys 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.
- Illustratör: black and white 2 Illustrations 2 Line drawings, black and white 11 Tables black and white
- Format: Inbunden
- ISBN: 9780415596015
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 252
- Utgivningsdatum: 2010-12-02
- Förlag: Routledge