From the Cult of Waste to the Trash Heap of History: The Politics of Waste in Socialist and Postsocialist Hungary

Acknowledgments 1. Was State Socialism Wasteful? 2. Toward a Social Theory of Waste Part 1. Discipline and Recycle (19481974) 3. Metallic Socialism 4. The Primitive Accumulation of Waste in Metallic Socialism Part 2. Reform and Reduce (19751984) 5. The Efficiency Model 6. The Limits of Efficiency Part 3. Privatize and Incinerate (1985present) 7. The Chemical Model 8. "Building a Castle out of Shit": The Wastelands of the New Europe 9. Conclusion Notes Sources and References Index