The Global Cultural Capital Addressing the Citizen and Producing the City in Barcelona

This book argues the crucial role of culture and cultural policies in defining the notion of urban citizenship in Barcelona since 1979. Through analysis of official documents, municipal publicity campaigns, sport – including the Olympic Games and Barcelona F.C – and film, Balibrea makes sense of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Balibrea, Mari Paz
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
Series:The Contemporary City
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION. Still Paying Homage to Barcelona
  • PART 1. IN THEORY
  • Chapter 1. The Subject of Culture
  • PART 2. TAMING THE POLITICAL CITIZEN
  • Chapter 2. Culture is to the Social Materialization of Democracy as the Critical Subject is to Democratic Citizenship
  • Chapter 3. Building Participatory Measures
  • PART 3. THE OLYMPIC FRAMEWORK
  • Chapter 4. Working for the City Image
  • Chapter 5. Exercising Democratic Citizenship
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