Article (electronic)
Global Cities as Market Civilisation (2019)
in: Global society: journal of interdisciplinary international relations, Volume 33, Issue 4, p. 437-461
ISSN: 1469-798X
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in: Global society: journal of interdisciplinary international relations, Volume 33, Issue 4, p. 437-461
ISSN: 1469-798X
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in: The RUSI journal: publication of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, Volume 163, Issue 6, p. 8-17
ISSN: 1744-0378
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in: International affairs, Volume 93, Issue 1, p. 210-212
ISSN: 1468-2346
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This volume investigates the changing nature of cities in the international system, and their increasing prominence in global governance and global order.
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in: International affairs, Volume 92, Issue 6, p. 1533-1534
ISSN: 0020-5850
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in: Global Cities and Global Order, p. 110-144
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in: Global Cities and Global Order, p. 145-174
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in: Global Cities and Global Order, p. 59-79
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in: Global Cities and Global Order, p. 80-109
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in: Millennium: journal of international studies, Volume 44, Issue 3, p. 455-477
ISSN: 0305-8298
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World Affairs Online
in: International affairs, Volume 92, Issue 6, p. 1533-1534
ISSN: 1468-2346
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in: Millennium: journal of international studies, Volume 44, Issue 3, p. 455-477
ISSN: 1477-9021
International society, so long the resolution to problems of collective political order, now appears to be failing in its capacity to deal with transnational challenges such as climate change, global security and financial instability. Indeed, the structure of international society itself has become a significant obstacle to such pressing issues of global governance. One striking response has been the reemergence of cities as important actors on the international stage. This article will show how these two issues are intrinsically linked. Cities have taken on new governance roles in the gaps left by hamstrung nation-states, and their contribution to an emerging global governance architecture will be a significant feature of the international relations of the 21st century. But do the new governance activities of cities represent a failure on the part of states, as some scholars have argued? Or are they a part of an emerging form of global order, in which the relationship between states, cities and other actors is being recalibrated? This article argues that the remarkable renaissance of cities in recent decades has been a result of a shift in the structure of international society, and assesses the causal drivers of this shift. It goes on to draw out some of the implications of the recalibration of the relationship between the city and the state for how we understand the emerging form of global order.
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