Urban Change and the European Left: Tales from the New BarcelonaRoutledge, 2005 M08 2 - 216 páginas Urban Change and the European Left looks at the way politicians and critics use the city to ground their political messages. The book explores local narratives of urban change through ethnography, biography, travelogue, and social history. Drawing on novels, architectural commentaries, urban plans, political speeches, history and autobiography, Urban Change and the European Left provides accounts of public art, architecture, grassroots struggles, battles for control of the 1992 Olympics, and the city and Catalan identity. |
Contenido
1 A rough guide to the New Barcelona | 7 |
Manuel Vazquez Montalban as socialist flaneur | 23 |
3 Battles for Barcelona | 56 |
mayor Maragalls new urban realism | 84 |
5 Manuel Castells in the Eurocity | 112 |
the politics of architecture and public space | 140 |
7 Progressive futures? | 173 |
Glossary | 184 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Urban Change and the European Left: Tales from the New Barcelona Donald McNeill Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
Urban Change and the European Left: Tales from the New Barcelona Donald McNeill Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |
Términos y frases comunes
aesthetic Ajuntament de Barcelona Andreu architects architectural areas argued attempt Bohigas Borja building Camp Nou capital Carvalho Castells Catalan Catalan nationalism Catalonia centre chapter Chino city council city’s Ciutat Vella Cobi communist contemporary cultural democracy dictatorship district economic Eixample elections electoral Eurocity Eurocommunist Europe European cities Expo FAVB Franco Francoist Games Generalitat global Gràcia grassroots housing Huertas identity ideology important industrial infrastructure Jordi Jordi Pujol landscape Left Les Corts Madrid major Manuel Castells Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Maragall’s Marxist mayor modernisation Moix Montjuïc monument municipal nationalist Nou Barris old city Olympic Village organised park party Pasqual Maragall Plaça de Catalunya planning Poble Nou political popular Porcioles projects property developers protest PSOE PSUC public art public space Pujol Rambla Raval regional Sants sculpture sector Serra social democratic socialist Spain Spanish strategy streets transition Vanguardia Vázquez Montalbán 1992b Veu del Carrer vote