Göran Therborn

Cities of Power (eBook, ePUB)

The Urban, The National, The Popular, The Global

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this brilliant, very original survey of the politics and meanings of urban landscapes, leading sociologist G¿ran Therborn offers a tour of the world's major capital cities, and the forces that have shaped them. Through a global, historical lens, and with a thematic range extending from the mutations of modernist architecture to the contemporary return of urban revolutions, Therborn questions received assumptions about the source, manifestations and reach of urban power, combining perspectives on politics, sociology, urban planning, architecture, and urban iconography. With its unique systematic overview, from Washington DC and revolutionary Paris to the flamboyant twenty-first century capital of Kazakhstan, its wealth of urban observations from all the populated continents, and its sharp and multi-faceted analyses, Cities of Power forces us to rethink our urban future, as well as our historically shaped present.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bonnier Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781784785468
• Artikelnr.: 48038920

Autorenporträt

G¿ran Therborn is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Cambridge and the author of, most recently, Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy, also published by Verso. His works have appeared in at least twenty-four languages.