Author

Publication

2016 - Indiana University Press

Language

English

Word Count

45,000 words, Guess

Page Count

180 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780253019387
  • ISBN-100253019389
  • Better World Books9780253019387
  • Better World BooksW3-CBJ-382
  • Open LibraryOL28577861M

Classifications

  • LCCHC240.25.H9G55 2016

Description

In this original and provocative study, Zsuzsa Gille examines three scandals that have shaken Hungary since it joined the European Union: the 2004 ban on paprika due to contamination, the 2008 boycott of Hungarian foie gras by animal rights activists, and the red mud spill of industrial waste in 2010, Hungary s worst environmental disaster. In each case, Gille analyzes how practices of production and consumption were affected by the proliferation of new standards and regulations that came with entry into the EU. She identifies a new modality of power the materialization of politics, or achieving political goals with the seemingly apolitical tools of tinkering with technology and infrastructure and elucidates a new approach to understanding globalization, materiality, and transnational politics.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Paprika, Foie Gras, and Red Mud: The Politics of Materiality in the European UnionIndiana University Press2016-01-01

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