City diplomacy: current trends and future prospects
In: Palgrave Macmillan series in global public diplomacy
Intro -- Prologue: A New Generation of City Diplomacy -- A Shift in the International Politics of Cities -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Why This Book? -- 1.2 Structure of the Book -- 1.3 The Way Forward -- References -- Section I: Global Governance Through City Networks -- Chapter 2: Beyond Networking? The Agency of City Network Secretariats in the Realm of City Diplomacy -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Urbanization of Global Politics -- 2.3 City Networks and City Diplomacy -- 2.4 City Networks as Diplomatic Agents: The #CitiesIPCC Campaign -- 2.4.1 Shifting Locations of Knowledge Generation -- 2.4.2 Shaping the Research Agenda -- 2.5 Reconceptualizing City Networks in Global Governance -- 2.5.1 Conditions for City Network Independence -- 2.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Cacophony or Complementarity? The Expanding Ecosystem of City Networks Under Scrutiny -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Networked Cities as Global Political Actors -- 3.3 City Networks: Governing from the Middle -- 3.4 From Competition Toward Collaboration -- 3.5 Questioning the Privatization of Urban Affairs -- 3.6 The Opportunities of a Dense Ecosystem of City Networks -- 3.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Marine Protection as Polycentric Governance: The PEMSEA Network of Local Governments -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Networked Environmental City Diplomacy in Context: PNLG Versus C40 -- 4.2.1 Chinese City Participation in Global Environmental Governance -- 4.3 First-Mover Leadership as Catalyst for Chinese Environmental City Diplomacy -- 4.4 Challenging Theoretical Assumptions on Inter-City Policy Learning -- 4.5 Conclusions -- References -- Section II: Local Strategies for Global Engagement and Communication.