Cities of Power - The Urban, the National, the Popular, the Global

In this brilliant, very original survey of the politics and meanings of urban landscapes, leading sociologist Göran 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.

About the author

Göran Therborn is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. His works have been published in at least twenty-four languages and include Inequalities of the World; Asia and Europe in Globalization; and Between Sex and Power.

Report

Göran Therborn analyses urban life with sweeping historical and global range. As he shows in tremendous detail, urban history is baked into a place by its streets, its institutions and the cultural outlook of its inhabitants Max Holleran Times Literary Supplement

Product details

• Authors: Goeran Therborn, Goran Therborn, Göran Therborn
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2021
• EAN: 9781784785451
• ISBN: 978-1-78478-545-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Globalization, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Urban & municipal planning, urban economics, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Regional / urban economics