Cities and Global Governance :
Cities and Global Governance : New Sites for International Relations /
edited by Mark Amen ... [et al.].
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011.
- xiv, 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Global interdisciplinary studies series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sighting or slighting cities in international relations -- The emerging global landscape and the new role of the globalizing city regions -- Paradiplomacy in the developing world: the case of Brazil -- The emergence of cross-border regions and Canadian-United States relations -- The evolution of city indicators: challenges and progress -- Auditing cities through circles of sustainability -- Cities, the environment, and global governance: a political ecological perspective -- Cities and global environmental NGOs: emerging transnational urban networks? -- The global city today: advantages of specialization and costs of financialization -- World city networks: measurement, social organization, global governance, and structural change -- Concluding remarks.
9781409408932 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781409408949 (ebk. : alk. paper)
Subnational governments--Foreign relations.
Subnational governments--Foreign relations--Case studies.
Municipal government--International cooperation.
Municipal government--International cooperation--Case studies.
Globalization--Political aspects.
Globalization--Political aspects--Case studies.
327.1 / CIT
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sighting or slighting cities in international relations -- The emerging global landscape and the new role of the globalizing city regions -- Paradiplomacy in the developing world: the case of Brazil -- The emergence of cross-border regions and Canadian-United States relations -- The evolution of city indicators: challenges and progress -- Auditing cities through circles of sustainability -- Cities, the environment, and global governance: a political ecological perspective -- Cities and global environmental NGOs: emerging transnational urban networks? -- The global city today: advantages of specialization and costs of financialization -- World city networks: measurement, social organization, global governance, and structural change -- Concluding remarks.
9781409408932 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781409408949 (ebk. : alk. paper)
Subnational governments--Foreign relations.
Subnational governments--Foreign relations--Case studies.
Municipal government--International cooperation.
Municipal government--International cooperation--Case studies.
Globalization--Political aspects.
Globalization--Political aspects--Case studies.
327.1 / CIT