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.
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.
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).
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments List of Figures List of Maps List of Contributors Introduction: Power and Architecture-the Construction of Capitals, the Politics of Space, and the Space of Politics: An Introductory Essay Michael Minkenberg Chapter 1. Capital Architecture and National Identity Lawrence J. Vale Chapter 2. A City of the People, by the People, for the People? Democracy and Capital Building in Washington DC, Ottawa, Canberra and Brasília Michael Minkenberg Chapter 3. Capital-building in Post War Germany Klaus von Beyme Chapter 4. Berlin-Three Centuries as Capital Christoph Asendorf Chapter 5. Image, Itinerary and Identity in the "Third" Rome Terry Kirk Chapter 6. 'A Capital Without A Nation:' Red Vienna, Power, and Spatial Politics Between the World Wars Eve Blau Chapter 7. The Ruins of Socialism: Reconstruction and Destruction in Warsaw David Crowley Chapter 8. State Building as an Urban Experience: The Making of Ankara Alev Çinar Chapter 9. Building Capital Mindscapes for the European Union Carola Hein Index
Acknowledgments List of Figures List of Maps List of Contributors Introduction: Power and Architecture-the Construction of Capitals, the Politics of Space, and the Space of Politics: An Introductory Essay Michael Minkenberg Chapter 1. Capital Architecture and National Identity Lawrence J. Vale Chapter 2. A City of the People, by the People, for the People? Democracy and Capital Building in Washington DC, Ottawa, Canberra and Brasília Michael Minkenberg Chapter 3. Capital-building in Post War Germany Klaus von Beyme Chapter 4. Berlin-Three Centuries as Capital Christoph Asendorf Chapter 5. Image, Itinerary and Identity in the "Third" Rome Terry Kirk Chapter 6. 'A Capital Without A Nation:' Red Vienna, Power, and Spatial Politics Between the World Wars Eve Blau Chapter 7. The Ruins of Socialism: Reconstruction and Destruction in Warsaw David Crowley Chapter 8. State Building as an Urban Experience: The Making of Ankara Alev Çinar Chapter 9. Building Capital Mindscapes for the European Union Carola Hein Index
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