Iconic architecture as a hegemonic project of the transnational capitalist class

City

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 57-73

  Sklair, Leslie ^a   Gherardi, Laura ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b Sociology at UC Milan   (Italy)

Author keywords

iconic architecture; starchitects; transnational capitalist class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860321942     PISSN: 13604813     EISSN: 14703629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13604813.2012.662366     Document Type: Article

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