Name: Street, Palace, Square. The Architecture of Democratic Spaces
SKU: 65865517
Price: 434.00 ZAR
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Author: Jan-Werner Muller
ISBN: 9780241382035

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Street, Palace, Square. The Architecture of Democratic Spaces

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Allen Lane

Author

Jan-Werner Muller

Year

2026

Pages

208

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

22.2x13.8x2.5 cm

ISBN13

9780241382035

Street, Palace, Square. The Architecture of Democratic Spaces

Jan-Werner Muller (Author) · Allen Lane · Hardcover

New Book Imported to South Africa

Delivery: 27 Nov - 03 Dec

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Synopsis "Street, Palace, Square. The Architecture of Democratic Spaces"

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.