Capital City Cultures - Reconstructing Contemporary Europe in Vienna and Berlin

Global market competition and the political responses to globalization transform urban societies and states, and thus the cultures of capital cities in contemporary Europe. Vienna's cultural district Museumsquartier and the planned Humboldt Forum on Berlin's Schlossplatz illustrate two of the most controversial sites of urban reconstruction in Central Eastern Europe since the 1990s.
Tracing the processes of their political emergence through more than a decade of heated public debates, this book narrates the metaphor-rich and engaging stories about these old European capitals facing change. It compares the reconstruction of political legitimacy and its cultural symbols from two different local perspectives of European state transformation.
This enquiry into urban culture highlights the diversity of contemporary cities and their political potential for change.

List of contents

Contents: Capital Cities, Culture, and Political Change in Contemporary Europe - European Capital Cities in Transition - Reconstructing Capital City Cultures: The Museumsquartier in Vienna - Reconstructing Capital City Culture: The Schlossplatz in Berlin - Comparing Capital City Cultures.

Product details

• Authors: Monika De Frantz, Monika De Frantz
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9789052017396
• ISBN: 978-90-5201-739-6
• No. of pages: 269
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 15 mm x 220 mm
• Weight: 390 g
• Series: Europe plurielle / Multiple Europes; Europe plurielle/Multiple Europes; Europe plurielle / Multiple Europes
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Political sociology