Political Theory and Community Building in Post-Soviet Russia

Herausgeber: Kharkhordin, Oleg; Alapuro, Risto

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Produktbeschreibung

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 the role of Soviet era infrastructure in the city of Cherepovets in Russia, home of Russia's second biggest steel producer, Severstal.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9780415596015
• ISBN-10: 0415596017
• Artikelnr.: 31574623

Autorenporträt

Oleg Kharkhordin is Professor at the Department of Political Sciences and Sociology, The European University at St. Petersburg, Russia. His publications include The Collective and the Individual in Russia: A Study of Practices, and Main Concepts of Russian Politics. Risto Alapuro is Professor of Sociology at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and the head of the Helsinki Group for Political Sociology. His publications include State and Revolution in Finland, and as editor Beyond Post-Soviet Transition: Micro Perspectives on Challenge and Survival in Russia and Estonia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Theory of Res Publica and Contemporary Russia: How Do
Things Matter Together with Publics? Part 1: Links with Conventional
Theories 1. Goods, Res Publica, Actor-Networks, and Collective Action 2.
Categories of Goods in Economics and Public Choice Literature as Applied to
Heat and Water Utilities Part 2: Case Studies 3. Things and People in the
Housing and Utility Sector Reform in Russia, 1991-2006 4. Common and
Dividing Things in Homeowners' Associations 5. Looking for the Common and
the Public in a Town. Conclusion: Commonality at Different Levels:
Infrastructures of Liberty