Economies of recycling : the global transformation of materials, values and social relations /: the global transformation of materials, values and social relations. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Catherine Alexander and Joshua Reno.
• Other Names: Alexander, Catherine; Reno, Joshua
• Contents: Shoddy rags and relief blankets : perceptions of textile recycling in north India / Lucy Norris -- Death, the phoenix, and Pandora : transforming things and values in Bangladesh / Mike Crang ... (et al.) -- One cycle to bind them all? : geographies of nuclearity in the uranium fuel cycle / Romain Garcier -- The shadow of the global network : e-waste flows to China / Xin Tong and Jici Wang -- Devaluing the dirty work : gendered trash work in participatory Dakar / Rosalind Fredericks -- Stitching curtains, grinding plastic : social and material transformation in Buenos Aires / Karen Ann Faulk -- Trash ties : urban politics, economic crisis and Rio de Janerio's garbage dump / Kathleen M. Millar -- Sympathy and its boundaries : necropolitics, labour and waste on the Hooghly river / Laura Bear -- 'No junk for Jesus' : redemptive economies and value conversions in Lutheran medical aid / Britt Halvorson -- Evident excess : material deposits and narcotics surveillance in the USA / Joshua Reno -- Remont : work in progress / Catherine Alexander.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 304 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 363.7/282; Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Economic aspects; International economic relations; Social impact of environmental issues; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Waste Management; International economic relations; Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Economic aspects; Återvinning -- ekonomiska aspekter; Återvinning -- sociala aspekter; Globalisering; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781780321967; 1780321961; 9781780321974
• Related ISBNs: 178032197X; 9781780321950; 1780321953; 9781780321943; 1780321945
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.