Shaping American Democracy

Introduces the unique democratic visions of Olmsted, Wright, Moses, and several new urbanists to a broader academic audience, to treat them as theorists of democracy in their own right
Blends together research in urban policy with environmental political theory by focusing on both landscapes and build spaces, i.e humans' relationship to nature and the environment
Includes chapters on specific architects, planners and design movements--information that is relevant not juts to political theorists and urban studies scholars but also to practitioners

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

Inhalt

1. American Democracy and Its Spaces: An Introduction.- 2. American Pastoral: Jefferson's Agrarian Republic.- 3. Democracy Gone Wild: Thoreau and the Wilderness Tradition.- 4. Olmsted's Public Parks: Civic-Spirited Design.- 5. Democracy and Individuality: Frank Lloyd Wright's Broadacres and the Burbs.- 6. Democratic Ambivalence: Robert Moses and Modernist Urban Planning.- 7. Democracy and Civic Ecology: New Urbanism.- 8. Democratic Designs: A Multipronged Approach.- 9. Conclusion.