Cities and global governance : new sites for international relations / edited by Mark Amen [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Preface; Foreword; Introduction, Mark Amen, Noah Toly, Patricia McCarney and Klaus Segbers; Sighting or slighting of cities in international relations, Mark Amen, Noah Toly, Patricia McCarney and Klaus Segbers; The emerging global landscape and the new role of the globalizing city regions, Klaus Segbers; Paradiplomacy in the developing world: the case of Brazil, Monica Salomon; The emergence of cross-border regions and Canadian-United States relations, Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly; The evolution of city indicators: challenges and progress, Daniel Hoornweg; Auditing cities through circles of sustainability, Paul James and Andy Scerri; Cities, the environment, and global governance: a political ecological perspective, Noah Toly; Cities and global environmental NGOs: emerging transnational urban networks?, Sophie Bouteligier; The global city today: advantages of specialization and costs of financialization, Saskia Sassen; World city networks: measurement, social organization, global governance, and structural change, Peter Taylor; Concluding remarks, Patricia McCarney, Klaus Segbers, Mark Amen and Noah Toly; Index.

Case study rich, this volume advances our understanding of the significance of 'the city' in global governance. The editors call for innovation in international relations theory with case studies that add breadth to theorizing the role sub-national political actors play in global affairs. Each of the eight case studies demonstrates different intersections between the local and the global and how these intersections alter the conditions resulting from globalization processes. The case studies do so by focusing on one of three sub-themes: the diverse ways in which cities and sub-national regions impact nation-state foreign policy; the various dimensions of urban imbrications in global environmental politics; or the multiple methods and standards used to measure the global roles of cities.

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