Street, Palace, Square
The Architecture of Democratic Spaces
Erschienen am 7. Mai 2026
208 Seiten
978-0-241-38295-0 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Building requires power and resources - then, once created, our environment structures how we relate to each other. But what would a distinctly democratic built environment look like? Should we prioritize an inclusive process by which as many citizens as possible can decide how a building is designed? Or is it about how architecture and urban spaces can best represent democracy to citizens - and how building and city planning can concretely facilitate democratic action by citizens?
In Street, Palace, Square, political theorist Jan-Werner Mueller offers an elegant new account of architecture and democracy that draws on examples from Washington DC to Dhaka, Cairo to Berlin. Ranging widely across political philosophy, history and design, he shows that bringing architecture and democracy together has an unexpected benefit. As we reflect on spaces and symbols on the one hand and our understandings of democracy on the other, we might see possibilities we did not see before: how to create spaces for citizens to make politics their own.
In Street, Palace, Square, political theorist Jan-Werner Mueller offers an elegant new account of architecture and democracy that draws on examples from Washington DC to Dhaka, Cairo to Berlin. Ranging widely across political philosophy, history and design, he shows that bringing architecture and democracy together has an unexpected benefit. As we reflect on spaces and symbols on the one hand and our understandings of democracy on the other, we might see possibilities we did not see before: how to create spaces for citizens to make politics their own.
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
London
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Dateigröße
2,02 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-241-38295-0 (9780241382950)
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Buch
05/2026
Allen Lane
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Person
Jan-Werner Mueller is Professor of Politics at Princeton University and the author most recently of the critically acclaimed What Is Populism? and Democracy Rules. He contributes regularly to the London Review of Books, The Guardian and Foreign Policy.
