Shaping American Democracy

Scott M. Roulier

ISBN 10: 3319886622 / ISBN 13: 9783319886626

Published by Springer International Publishing Jun 2019, 2019

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -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. 252 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shaping American Democracy
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing Jun 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319886622
• ISBN 13: 9783319886626
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 14D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 331 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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