Histories of Urban Planning and Political Power

"""With a continental-scale approach, this volume examines variations of urban transformation across decades and political systems. Each case study presents a deep analysis of how spatial planning itself is a political instrument that is never neutral or disengaged from society."" Kimberly E. Zarecor, Professor of Architecture, Iowa State University, USA ""This collection shows how important is to identify the urbanism of the different European dictatorships as something more than the monolithic image of the monumental buildings and wide boulevards of the political power. This transnational European perspective is urgently needed."" José Luis Oyón, Professor of Urbanism, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura del Vallés, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Spain ""This volume serves as a perfect tool to reinforcing the perception of cities as unique chronicles of political and social changes that need to be preserved and developed in their complexity."" Henrieta Moravčíková, Professor of Architecture, Department of Architecture at the Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia ""In an era of homogenizing global forces, the insightful chapters in this timely volume remind us of the essential roles of national and local culture, political structure, and human agency in shaping our built environment."" John Accordino, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA"