Global cities, governance and diplomacy [electronic resource] : the urban link / Michele Acuto.

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...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Acuto, Michele, 1984-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.
Series:Routledge new diplomacy studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Spotting the "gorillas in our midst"
  • Situating the link
  • A global influence: "actant" and "actor" dimensions
  • Going beyond the agency impasse
  • The world politics "in" global cities: networking actants
  • The world politics "of" global cities: networking actors
  • The world politics "of" global cities: networking networks
  • Reassembling the global city's influence.