The Berlin Reader
Matthias Bernt, Britta Grell, Andrej Holm (eds.) The Berlin Reader Matthias Bernt, Britta Grell, Andrej Holm (eds.) The Berlin Reader A Compendium on Urban Change and Activism Funded by the Humboldt University Berlin, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and the Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning (IRS) in Erkner. Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche National- bibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available in the Internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de © 2013 transcript Verlag, Bielefeld All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or uti- lized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any informa- tion storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publi- sher. Cover layout by Kordula Röckenhaus, Bielefeld Cover illustration: Photography by Adrienne Gerhäuser (fotoagentur version) Typeset by Justine Haida, Bielefeld Printed by CPI – Clausen & Bosse, Leck ISBN 978-3-8376-2478-6 Contents Preface | 9 Introduction Matthias Bernt, Britta Grell, Andrej Holm | 11 BERLIN’S MEGALOMANIA Berlin Won’t Remain Berlin Hartmut Häußermann and Walter Siebel | 25 Berlin is Becoming the Capital — Surely and Securely Volker Eick | 33 Last Exit to Alexanderplatz Wolfgang Kil | 47 Berlin’s Urban Development Discourse Symbolic Action and the Articulation of Hegemonic Interests Simone Hain
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