Michael Minkenberg is Professor of Comparative Politics at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). From 2007-2010, he held the Max Weber Chair for German and European Studies at NYU. He has also taught at the Universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg, and at Cornell and Columbia Universities. Minkenberg is author of The Radical Right in Europe. An Overview (2008) and co-editor of Turkish Membership in the European Union – the Role of Religion, a special issue of Comparative European Politics (2012).

“…a volume which, through its innovative approach, provides numerous valuable insights.” · Contemporary European Studies“This collection of provocative urban histories makes an important contribution to the interdisciplinary discourse on power and architecture defined by national political regimes. These studies reveal how architecture exercises social control not just through its material reality, but also, and perhaps more subtly, as a discursive framework that shapes cultural narratives and social identities.” · Power and Architecture“…a confidence in the power of architecture as a progressive force is palpable at many points in this fascinating collection of papers. With nearly a hundred photographs, maps or illustrations, this book has been lovingly produced, and it confirms Nietzsche’s thesis that there is a close link between architecture and the search for knowledge.” · Journal of European Studies“…a fascinating topic for architects, urban designers and urban master planners…the interaction of political power, political-philosophical ideas about the state, and built form...The contributors are clearly experts on their topics, and no single author could ever have handled the [subject matter] with this combination of breadth and depth.” · Sir Peter Hall, University College London

• AcknowledgmentsList of FiguresList of MapsList of ContributorsIntroduction: Power and Architecture—the Construction of Capitals, the Politics of Space, and the Space of Politics: An Introductory EssayMichael MinkenbergChapter 1. Capital Architecture and National IdentityLawrence J. ValeChapter 2. A City of the People, by the People, for the People? Democracy and Capital Building in Washington DC, Ottawa, Canberra and BrasíliaMichael MinkenbergChapter 3. Capital-building in Post War GermanyKlaus von BeymeChapter 4. Berlin—Three Centuries as CapitalChristoph AsendorfChapter 5. Image, Itinerary and Identity in the “Third” RomeTerry KirkChapter 6. ‘A Capital Without A Nation:’ Red Vienna, Power, and Spatial Politics Between the World WarsEve BlauChapter 7. The Ruins of Socialism: Reconstruction and Destruction in WarsawDavid CrowleyChapter 8. State Building as an Urban Experience: The Making of AnkaraAlev ÇınarChapter 9. Building Capital Mindscapes for the European UnionCarola HeinIndex

Michael Minkenberg is Professor of Comparative Politics at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). From 2007-2010, he held the Max Weber Chair for German and European Studies at NYU. He has also taught at the Universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg, and at Cornell and Columbia Universities. Minkenberg is author of The Radical Right in Europe. An Overview (2008) and co-editor of Turkish Membership in the European Union – the Role of Religion, a special issue of Comparative European Politics (2012).

“…a volume which, through its innovative approach, provides numerous valuable insights.” · Contemporary European Studies“This collection of provocative urban histories makes an important contribution to the interdisciplinary discourse on power and architecture defined by national political regimes. These studies reveal how architecture exercises social control not just through its material reality, but also, and perhaps more subtly, as a discursive framework that shapes cultural narratives and social identities.” · Power and Architecture“…a confidence in the power of architecture as a progressive force is palpable at many points in this fascinating collection of papers. With nearly a hundred photographs, maps or illustrations, this book has been lovingly produced, and it confirms Nietzsche’s thesis that there is a close link between architecture and the search for knowledge.” · Journal of European Studies“…a fascinating topic for architects, urban designers and urban master planners…the interaction of political power, political-philosophical ideas about the state, and built form...The contributors are clearly experts on their topics, and no single author could ever have handled the [subject matter] with this combination of breadth and depth.” · Sir Peter Hall, University College London

• AcknowledgmentsList of FiguresList of MapsList of ContributorsIntroduction: Power and Architecture—the Construction of Capitals, the Politics of Space, and the Space of Politics: An Introductory EssayMichael MinkenbergChapter 1. Capital Architecture and National IdentityLawrence J. ValeChapter 2. A City of the People, by the People, for the People? Democracy and Capital Building in Washington DC, Ottawa, Canberra and BrasíliaMichael MinkenbergChapter 3. Capital-building in Post War GermanyKlaus von BeymeChapter 4. Berlin—Three Centuries as CapitalChristoph AsendorfChapter 5. Image, Itinerary and Identity in the “Third” RomeTerry KirkChapter 6. ‘A Capital Without A Nation:’ Red Vienna, Power, and Spatial Politics Between the World WarsEve BlauChapter 7. The Ruins of Socialism: Reconstruction and Destruction in WarsawDavid CrowleyChapter 8. State Building as an Urban Experience: The Making of AnkaraAlev ÇınarChapter 9. Building Capital Mindscapes for the European UnionCarola HeinIndex

Michael Minkenberg is Professor of Comparative Politics at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). From 2007-2010, he held the Max Weber Chair for German and European Studies at NYU. He has also taught at the Universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg, and at Cornell and Columbia Universities. Minkenberg is author of The Radical Right in Europe. An Overview (2008) and co-editor of Turkish Membership in the European Union – the Role of Religion, a special issue of Comparative European Politics (2012).

“…a volume which, through its innovative approach, provides numerous valuable insights.” · Contemporary European Studies“This collection of provocative urban histories makes an important contribution to the interdisciplinary discourse on power and architecture defined by national political regimes. These studies reveal how architecture exercises social control not just through its material reality, but also, and perhaps more subtly, as a discursive framework that shapes cultural narratives and social identities.” · Power and Architecture“…a confidence in the power of architecture as a progressive force is palpable at many points in this fascinating collection of papers. With nearly a hundred photographs, maps or illustrations, this book has been lovingly produced, and it confirms Nietzsche’s thesis that there is a close link between architecture and the search for knowledge.” · Journal of European Studies“…a fascinating topic for architects, urban designers and urban master planners…the interaction of political power, political-philosophical ideas about the state, and built form...The contributors are clearly experts on their topics, and no single author could ever have handled the [subject matter] with this combination of breadth and depth.” · Sir Peter Hall, University College London

• AcknowledgmentsList of FiguresList of MapsList of ContributorsIntroduction: Power and Architecture—the Construction of Capitals, the Politics of Space, and the Space of Politics: An Introductory EssayMichael MinkenbergChapter 1. Capital Architecture and National IdentityLawrence J. ValeChapter 2. A City of the People, by the People, for the People? Democracy and Capital Building in Washington DC, Ottawa, Canberra and BrasíliaMichael MinkenbergChapter 3. Capital-building in Post War GermanyKlaus von BeymeChapter 4. Berlin—Three Centuries as CapitalChristoph AsendorfChapter 5. Image, Itinerary and Identity in the “Third” RomeTerry KirkChapter 6. ‘A Capital Without A Nation:’ Red Vienna, Power, and Spatial Politics Between the World WarsEve BlauChapter 7. The Ruins of Socialism: Reconstruction and Destruction in WarsawDavid CrowleyChapter 8. State Building as an Urban Experience: The Making of AnkaraAlev ÇınarChapter 9. Building Capital Mindscapes for the European UnionCarola HeinIndex