Political Theory and Community Building in Post-Soviet Russia (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	2011
Editors:	Oleg Kharkhordin • Risto Alapuro
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-59601-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Promotions
LSN:	0-415-59601-7
Barcode:	9780415596015

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