Global cities, governance and diplomacy : the urban link
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Global cities, governance and diplomacy : the urban link
(Routledge new diplomacy studies)
Routledge, 2013
- : hbk
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book illustrates the importance of global cities for world politics and highlights the diplomatic connections between cities and global governance.
While there is a growing body of literature concerned with explaining the transformations of the international order, little theorisation has taken into account the key metropolises of our time as elements of these revolutions. The volume seeks to fill this gap by demonstrating how global cities have a pervasive agency in contemporary global governance.
The book argues that looking at global cities can bring about three fundamental advantages on traditional IR paradigms. First, it facilitates an eclectic turn towards more nuanced analyses of world politics. Second, it widens the horizon of the discipline through a multiscalar image of global governance. Third, it underscores how global cities have a strategic diplomatic positioning when it comes to core contemporary challenges such as climate change.
This book will be of much interest to students of urban studies, global governance, diplomacy and international relations in general.
Table of Contents
Preface 1. Introduction: Spotting the 'gorillas in our midst' Part I: Agency 2. Situating the link 3. A global influence: 'actant' and 'actor' dimensions 4. Going beyond the agency impasse Part II: Structuration 5. The world politics 'in' global cities: networking actants 6. The world politics 'of' global cities: networking actors 7. The world politics 'of' global cities: networking networks Part III: A Progressive Urban Agenda for IR 8. Reassembling the global city's influence Conclusions: Appreciating the urban link
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