Viktor Pál

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Technology and the Environment in State-Socialist Hungary (eBook, PDF)

An Economic History

Beschreibung

Traces the development of environmental consciousness in twentieth-century Hungary Highlights the contradictory and irrational relationship between the natural environment and technology in modern Eastern Europe and states under authoritarian rule Contributes to ongoing scholarly debate on the economic, technological, and environmental performance of authoritarian regimes

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Autor

Viktor Pál is Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He coordinates the Interdisciplinary Environmental Hub for Authoritarian Regimes (IEHAR) at the Aleksanteri Institute, Finland, and has served as a guest researcher at UCLA, USA, as well as at various European institutions. His research interests include urban environmental history, water history, history of technology and popularizing science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 263
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319638324
• Artikelnr.: 53060815

Rezensionen

"This work achieves its goal of reassessing our understanding of authoritarian regimes, showing that state-socialist Hungary actively pursued environmental programs. The regional emphasis is a great choice, because it enables an in-depth analysis of how local actors implemented these programs." (Luminita Gatejel, Technology and Culture, Vol. 61 (3), 2020)