1st Edition

Global Cities, Governance and Diplomacy The Urban Link

By Michele Acuto Copyright 2013
220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

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

Biography

Michele Acuto is Stephen Barter Fellow in the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities at the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, University of Oxford, and Fellow of the Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California.