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Global political cities : actors and arenas of influence in International affairs / Kent E. Calder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Calder, Kent E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World politics.
- Megacities.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource 288 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2021.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- Why cities often cope better than nations with today's lightning-fast changes The British Empire declined decades ago, but London remains one of the world's preeminent centers of finance, commerce, and political discourse.
- Contents:
- Civic Leadership Shaping the World
- Conclusion: Cities and the Future of Global Governance
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Information
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Global Political Cities in International Affairs
- Part I: The 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Online resource; title from electronic title page (Ebsco, viewed on February 3, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 0-8157-5275-X
- 0-8157-3907-9
- OCLC:
- 1226594303
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