Cities and Global Governance

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.

Mark Amen, Ph.D., Academic Director, Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions, Deputy Editor, Globalizations, University of South Florida, USA, Noah J. Toly, Ph.D.,Director of Urban Studies, Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations, Wheaton College, USA, Patricia L. McCarney, Ph.D., Director, Global Cities Program, CIS, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, Canada and Klaus Segbers, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, Freie UniversitÃ-t/ Free University of Berlin, Germany, Director, Center for Global Politics, and Director, Institute for East European Studies

Introduction, Mark Amen, Noah Toly, Patricia McCarney, Klaus Segbers; Chapter 1 Sighting or Slighting Cities in International Relations, Mark Amen, Noah Toly, Patricia McCarney, Klaus Segbers; Chapter 2 The Emerging Global Landscape and New Role of Globalizing City Regions, Klaus Segbers; Chapter 3 Paradiplomacy in the Developing World: The Case of Brazil, Monica Salomon; Chapter 4, Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly; Chapter 5 The Evolution of City Indicators: Challenges and Progress, Daniel Hoornweg; Chapter 6 Auditing Cities through Circles of Sustainability, Paul James, Andy Scerri; Chapter 7 Cities, the Environment, and Global Governance: A Political Ecological Perspective, Noah Toly; Chapter 8 Cities and Global Environmental NGOs: Emerging Transnational Urban Network?, Sofie Bouteligier; Chapter 9 The Global City Today: Advantages of Specialization and Costs of Financialization, Saskia Sassen; Chapter 10 World City Networks: Measurement, Social Organization, Global Governance, and Structural Change, Peter Taylor; Chapter 11 Concluding Remarks, Patricia McCarney, Klaus Segbers, Mark Amen, Noah Toly;