Street, Palace, Square: The Architecture of Democratic Spaces - Couverture rigide

Müller, Jan-Werner

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0241382033 ISBN 13 : 9780241382035

Editeur : Allen Lane, 2026

Synopsis

Can architecture ever be democratic? An elegant, timely new theory of politics and urban design from the acclaimed author of What is Populism? and Democracy Rules

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 Müller 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jan-Werner Müller 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Allen Lane
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0241382033
• ISBN 13: 9780241382035
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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