Main entry:

Mattsson, Helena, 1965- author.

Title & Author:

Architecture and retrenchment : neoliberalization of the Swedish model across aesthetics and space, 1968-1994 / Helena Mattsson.

Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2023.
©2023

Description:

x, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface. -- Introduction: The Next Supermodel. -- Site 1: The Model (1968). -- Site 2: The Suburb (1968). -- Corporatism. -- Site 3: The Collective House (1935-1993). -- Human Capital. -- Site 4: The Globe(1982-1989). -- The Code. -- Site 5: The Postmodern Housing Area (1981-1987). -- Emancipations. -- Site 6: The Renewal (1988-1993). -- Epilogue: Elephant & Castle. -- References. -- Index.

Summary:

"Scholars in architectural and urban history have, over the last decade, been trying to come to terms with architecture's 'neoliberal turn' and its various impacts - from municipal policy to the artistic imagination. However most scholarship has focussed on generalizations, with very little work to date focussing on specific cases. Architecture and Retrenchment brings one such case to the fore - investigating the relation between architecture and the Swedish Model of the welfare state. It tracks the response of architecture to the gradual retrenchment and ultimate dismantling of the Swedish welfare state - which was, in its heyday, world-famous for its integration of architecture and the built environment into the welfare system. Ultimately, neoliberal economics prevailed, yet this book reveals how new architectural strategies and techniques were developed in order to protect the agency of architecture in the newly reorganised society of the 1980s and 1990s. Through eight in-depth case-studies, the book situates the often abstract, generalised discourse of neoliberalism and privatisation in specific architectural sites, and provides an original interpretation of how architecture, space, aesthetics, and politics converged at the end of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781350148222 hardcover
1350148229 hardcover
9781350365681 paperback
1350365688 paperback
electronic book
9781350148239
electronic publication
9781350148246
9781350148253

Subject:

Architecture and society History 20th century.
Architecture Political aspects History 20th century.
Welfare state.
Architecture et société Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Aspect politique Histoire 20e siècle.
État providence.
Architecture and society
Architecture Political aspects

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318254
Call No.: 318254
Copy: 1
Status: Available