Global cities, governance and diplomacy : the urban link. /Michele Acuto,
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TextPublisher number: : International Book Distributors | : Flat No. 17, Prakash Apartment, Building No.-4405/2.Publication details: , Oxon ; Routledge, Abingdon , 2013Description: xi,210p. : 24cmISBN: 9780415660884Subject(s): Geopolitics | International relations | Geopolitics | City planning Political aspectsDDC classification: 307.76 ACU Summary: The book argues that looking at global cities can bring about three fundamental advantages on traditional IR paradigms. First, it facilitates an eclectic turn towards more nuanced analyses of world politics. Second, it widens the horizon of the discipline through a multiscalar image of global governance. Third, it underscores how global cities have a strategic diplomatic positioning when it comes to core contemporary challenges such as climate change.
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The book argues that looking at global cities can bring about three fundamental advantages on traditional IR paradigms. First, it facilitates an eclectic turn towards more nuanced analyses of world politics. Second, it widens the horizon of the discipline through a multiscalar image of global governance. Third, it underscores how global cities have a strategic diplomatic positioning when it comes to core contemporary challenges such as climate change.
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