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Global political cities : actors and arenas of influence in international affairs /

"The British Empire declined decades ago, but London remains one of the world's preeminent centers of finance, commerce, and political discourse. London is just one of the global cities assuming greater importance in the post-cold war world--even as many national governments struggle to me...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Calder, Kent E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press, [2021]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Global political cities in international affairs
  • Part I: Rise and fall of Westphalia
  • From city to nation-state in world affairs
  • An informatics sea change: catalyst for the global political city
  • Technology, finance, and the changing nation-city equation
  • Part II: Four faces of global political cities
  • Penumbras of power in global political cities
  • Political forums and the transformation of global affairs
  • Urban grassroots and the global agenda
  • Civic leadership shaping the world
  • Conclusion: cities and the future of global governance.