This book explains how and why the state-socialist regime in Hungary used technology and propaganda to foster industrialization and the conservation of natural resources simultaneously. Further, this book explains why this process was ultimately a failure. By exploring the environmental...

In this introductory essay the editor first explores the many definitions of the circular economy (CE) and aims to identify the gap in the CE discourse in which social and cultural aspects may be situated. The author proposes a new solidarity economy (SSE) influenced paradigm in which both...