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Paprika, Foie Gras, and Red Mud: The Politics of Materiality in the European Union

By Zsuzsa Gille

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
0253019389, 9780253019387
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2563475 bytes)
Series
Global Research Studies
Pages
xiv+166\181
Topic
Economy
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2016-02-27 10:43:40
Финансово-экономические дисциплины;Мировая экономи

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 Austrian animal rights activists, and the "red mud" spill of 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.

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