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dc.contributor.authorDE FRANTZ, Monika
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-14T13:03:41Z
dc.date.available2012-09-14T13:03:41Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationBruxelles/Bern/Berlin/Frankfurt am Main/New York/Oxford/Wien, Peter Lang, 2011, Europe plurielle/Multiple Europes, 45en
dc.identifier.isbn9789052017396
dc.identifier.isbn9783035261639
dc.identifier.issn1376-0904
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/23780
dc.description.abstractGlobal 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.en
dc.description.tableofcontentsPreface 9 INTRODUCTION. Capital Cities, Culture, and Political Change in Contemporary Europe 13 CHAPTER 1. European Capital Cities in Transition 31 CHAPTER 2. Reconstructing Capital City Cultures: The Museumsquartier in Vienna 67 CHAPTER 3. Reconstructing Capital City Cultures: The Schlossplatz in Berlin 113 CHAPTER 4. Comparing Capital City Cultures 179 Conclusion 210 Bibliography 221 Appendix 239 Index 259en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPeter Langen
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://hdl.handle.net/1814/5165
dc.titleCapital City Cultures: Reconstructing contemporary Europe in Vienna and Berlinen
dc.typeBooken
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dc.description.versionPublished version of EUI PhD thesis, 2004en


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