The Sociology of Architecture: Constructing Identities

by Paul Jones

States have long been active in commissioning architecture, which affords one way to embed political projects within socially meaningful cultural forms. Such state-led architecture is often designed not only to house the activities of government, but also to reflect political-economic shifts and to chime with a variety of 'internal' and 'external' publics as part of wider discourses of belonging. From the vantage point of sociology, this context...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846310776
• ISBN13: 9781846310775
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"