| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 237 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies ; v. 71 |
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BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies ; v. 71.
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| Contents |
pt. 1. Links with conventional theories -- pt. 2. Case studies |
| Summary |
"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. 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"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Community development -- Russia (Federation) -- Cherepovet︠s︡
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Community development -- Political aspects -- Russia (Federation) -- Cherepovet︠s︡
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Infrastructure (Economics) -- Russia (Federation) -- Cherepovet︠s︡
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
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Community development
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Community development -- Political aspects
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Infrastructure (Economics)
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Russia (Federation) -- Cherepovet︠s︡
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kharkhordin, Oleg, 1964-
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Alapuro, Risto, 1944-
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| LC no. |
2010025057 |
| ISBN |
9780203835241 |
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0203835247 |
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9781136855115 |
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1136855114 |
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