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"If cities are to meet the challenges of climate change, effective solutions must be anchored in an empowered city governance approach. Empowered city governance depends on building effective decision-making in this volatile policy field, in developing evidence-based policy-making, and in building strong city governments capable of performing as new sites of governance in global negotiations on climate change. The objectives of this paper are twofold: first, to map the core risks for cities associated with climate change; second, as a governance response, to build a more informed set of planning norms and practices, more effective infrastructure investment and urban management, and a more inclusive urban governance." (author's abstract)

Introduction: toward the comparative study of urban governance / Richard E. Stren -- Confronting critical disjunctures in the governance of cities / Patricia L. McCarney -- Ethnographies of governance: urban spaces and actors in the Middle East / Seteney Shami -- Bellavista: local political activism in defense of a Barrio / Lucy Winchester, Teresa Cèceres, and Alfredo Rodri̕guez -- Democratic governance and participation tales of two cities / Renato Raul Boschi -- Fiscal innovations and urban governance / Om Prakash Mathur -- Rethinking the enabling strategy in urban housing: state civil society dynamics in Southeast Asia / Emma Porio -- Reforming governance in Dhaka, Bangladesh / Nazrul Islam with Mohammad Mohabbat Khan, Nurul Islam Nazem, and Mohammad Habibur Rahman -- My soul I can see: the limits of governing African cities in a context of globalization and complexity / Mark sSilling, Abdoumaliq Simone, and Firoz Khan -- Governance and municipal management in Mexico and Colombia between clientelist practices and new forms of democratic government / Emilio Duhau and Martha Schteingart

"Most European countries have experienced labour market reforms at varying times leading to extended working life and a postponement of retirement age. This book provides a gender perspective on the impact of extended working life on the different dimensions of well-being, the factors which can limit extended working life, and the working conditions of older workers. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of social policy, sociology, gender studies and labour studies more broadly"--

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.