The power of cities in international relations
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The power of cities in international relations
(Cities and global governance / edited by Noah J. Toly, 2)
Routledge, 2016
- : pbk
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  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 (p. [165]-184) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Cities have become increasingly important to global politics, but have largely occupied a peripheral place in the academic study of International Relations (IR). This is a notable oversight for the discipline, although one which may be explained by IR's traditional state centrism, the subjugation of the city to the demands of the territorial state in the modern period, and a lack of conceptual and analytical frameworks that can allow scholars to include the impact of cities within their work.
Presenting case-specific scholarship from leading experts in the field, each contribution guides the reader through the changing nature of cities in the international system and their increasing prominence in global governance outcomes. The book features case studies on the financial power of cities, city action in the security domain, collaboration of cities in coping with environmental problems, transnational urban regions, and mayors as international actors to illustrate if the relationship between the city and the state has changed in profound ways, and how cities are empowered by structural changes in world politics.
The multidisciplinary and global focus in The Power of Cities in International Relations sheds much needed light on the significance of the reemergence of cities from the long shadow of the nation-state. Only by examining the mechanisms that have empowered cities in the last few decades can we understand their new functions and capabilities in global politics.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Empowering Cities
- Simon Curtis 1. The Meaning of Global Cities: Rethinking the Relationship between Cities, States and International Order
- Simon Curtis 2. The Common Sense of Global City 'Actorness' in Contemporary World Politics
- Kristin Ljungkvist 3. A Networked Urban World: Empowering Cities to Tackle Environmental Challenges
- Sofie Bouteligier 4. An Urban Affair: How Mayors Shape Cities for World Politics
- Michele Acuto 5. Globalization, Governance and the Production of Urban Socio-Ecological Space
- Nik Janos and Corina Mckendry 6. The International Activities of Canadian Cities: Are Canadian Cities Challenging the Gate-Keeper Position of the Federal Executive in International Affairs?
- Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly 7. Municipal Bonds and Global Power
- Mark Amen 8. Johannesburg: Financial 'Gateway' to Africa
- Elizabeth Cobbett
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