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Roulier, Scott M.

 
9783319688091: Shaping American Democracy: Landscapes and Urban Design
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ISBN 10: 331968809X ISBN 13: 9783319688091
Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

Sinopsis

This book argues that the design of built spaces influences civic attitudes, including prospects for social equality and integration, in America. Key American architects and planners-including Frederick Law Olmsted, Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Moses, and the New Urbanists-not only articulated unique visions of democracy in their extensive writings, but also instantiated those ideas in physical form. Using criteria such as the formation of social capital, support for human capabilities, and environmental sustainability, the book argues that the designs most closely associated with a communally-inflected version of democracy, such as Olmsted's public parks or various New Urbanist projects, create conditions more favorable to human flourishing and more consistent with a democratic society than those that are individualistic in their orientation, such as urban modernism or most suburban forms.

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Scott M. Roulier is the John Trimble Professor of Political Philosophy at Lyon College, USA 

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This book argues that the design of built spaces influences civic attitudes, including prospects for social equality and integration, in America. Key American architects and planners including Frederick Law Olmsted, Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Moses, and the New Urbanists not only articulated unique visions of democracy in their extensive writings, but also instantiated those ideas in physical form. Using criteria such as the formation of social capital, support for human capabilities, and environmental sustainability, the book argues that the designs most closely associated with a communally-inflected version of democracy, such as Olmsted's public parks or various New Urbanist projects, create conditions more favorable to human flourishing and more consistent with a democratic society than those that are individualistic in their orientation, such as urban modernism or most suburban forms.

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Editorial
Palgrave Macmillan
Año de publicación
2018
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
331968809X
ISBN 13 
9783319688091
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
252
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