Description
Book SynopsisTo understand current sociopolitical dynamics on a planetary level, we need to have two mental maps in mind: the state-centered map and the nonstate centered map. With regards to diplomacy in particular, we must take into account the existence of a complex diplomatic regime based on different overlapping levels–the urban and the state.
Table of Contents
- List of tables
- Acknowledgments
- Setting the stage: The relevance of cities in global affairs
- PART I: Cities in global affairs
- Chapter 1 Non-state actors in global politics
- Global governance and the pluralization of international affairs
- Transnational strategies and organizational forms of NSAs
- Chapter 2 A world of cities
- Demographic and economic trends
- From world cities to urban archipelagos
- PART II: City diplomacy
- Chapter 3 Structural factors of city diplomacy
- City diplomacy: Definition and trends
- Cities in global governance
- Legal dimension of city diplomacy: National trends
- Legal dimension of city diplomacy: International trends
- Actors, goals & drivers of city diplomacy
- Chapter 4 Fields of operations of city diplomacy
- Politics: global governance, twinning, networks, and mega events
- Economy: Push & pull activities, and territorial marketing & city branding
- Culture and environment
- Security: from conflicts to covid
- Human rights, migration and development
- PART III: For the future
- Concluding remarks on the cities in the XXI century
- References
