Gebundenes Buch

Power and Architecture

The Construction of Capitals and the Politics of Space

Herausgeber: Minkenberg, Michael

Beschreibung

Explores the way capital cities provide a symbol for the state and contribute to the "invention" of nation. Addresses the reciprocal relationships between identity, regime formation and political ideology in urban planning and public architecture in the Western world. Variety of authors provide an interdisciplinary approach to case studies in both "old" capitals such as Rome and Vienna, and "new" ones such as Washington DC and Ottawa.

Autor

Michael Minkenberg is Professor of Comparative Politics at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). From 2007-2010, he held the Max Weber Chair for German and European Studies at NYU. He has also taught at the Universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg, and at Cornell and Columbia Universities. Minkenberg is author of The Radical Right in Europe. An Overview (2008) and co-editor of Turkish Membership in the European Union - the Role of Religion, a special issue of Comparative European Politics (2012).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 799g
• ISBN-13: 9781782380092
• ISBN-10: 1782380094
• Artikelnr.: 41354611