ISBN:
9780203701508
,
9781351330732
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9781351330749
,
9781351330725
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 282 Seiten)
,
Diagramm, Karten
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in urbanism and the city
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The city as a global political actor
Keywords:
Metropolitan government
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Cities and towns Political aspects
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International relations
;
Globalization Political aspects
;
Metropolitan government
;
Cities and towns ; Political aspects
;
International relations
;
Globalization ; Political aspects
;
Electronic books
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference
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Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Stadt
;
Politisches Handeln
;
Internationale Politik
;
Globalisierung
Abstract:
Weighing urban agency -- Reflecting on the "Global Parliament of Mayors" project -- Social inequality and transformation of the urban economy -- Voracious cities and obstructing states? -- Global-urban policy making -- The politics of the (global) urban : city strategies as repeated instances -- Greening the global city. The role of C40 cities as actors in global environmental governance -- Metropolitan regions as new scales and evolving policy concepts in the European Union's policy-context -- Building city political agency across scales : the Johannesburg international relations strategy -- A closer look at the role of international accolades in worlding Cape Town's urban politics -- Urban rehabilitation and residential struggles in the post-socialist city of Budapest -- Aspiring global nations? Tracing the actors behind Belgrade's 'nationally important' waterfront -- Whose urban agency is it anyway?
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