Denmark - History, Democracies & Republics - General & Miscellaneous, Western Europe - Politics & Government
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Overview
The Danish town of Aalborg is to Flyvbjerg what Florence was to Machiavelli: a laboratory for understanding the real workings of power and what they mean for our more general concerns of social and political organization. Politics, administration, and planning are examined in ways that allow a rare, in-depth understanding. The reader witnesses, firsthand, the classic and endless drama which defines what modernity and democracy are and can be.Editorials
The Australian
... the sharpest advance in our understanding of how power actually works since Machiavelli's The Prince was published in 1532.Times Literary Supplement
... monumental ... Flyvbjerg's genius lies in his unfailing eye for banality, and for discerning the none too invisible hand of power behind it ... carries a salutary message.American Political Science Review
Should students of urban politics read this book? Of course ... distinctive ... useful ... original.European Societies, European Sociological Asc.
... full of surprising ironies and telling paradoxes ... rewarding ... enthralling ... a seminal contribution.Communication Theory
... compelling ... superb ... important ... If new forms of [democratic] life are emerging, detailed studies like Flyvbjerg's will show us what they are like.Print Administration
The book works on all levels ... clever ... relevant ... useful ... a good Christmas present.Journal of the American Planning Association
... this book should be compulsory reading." Journal of the American Planning AssociationScandinavian Journal of Management
... rich ... monumental ... a brilliant exemplar.Journal of Economic and Social Geography
Judging from ... the Internet, Rationality and Power is close to acquiring the status of a cult book in the USA and Western Europe ... [it] is the new bible.Australian Journal of Political Science
... reads like a novel ... should gain a wide readership." Australian Journal of Political ScienceBook Details
Published
January 30, 1998
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pages
290
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780226254494