City Hall Goes Abroad - The Foreign Policy of Local Politics

During the 1980s, United States cities came of age as forces to be reckoned with in US foreign policy. This scholarly, yet readable, analysis carefully explores the roots and influence of municipal activism, surveying particular organizing issues and developing an `active city' profile by examining particular cases.

List of contents

Think Globally, Act Locally
Changing Latitudes
Interpersonal Issues and Public Response
Main Street America Goes International
The Truth or Consequences of Local Activism
Whither Municipal Foreign Policy?

About the author

Heidi H. Hobbs is the director of the Master of International Studies program and an associate professor of political science in the School of Public and International Affairs at North Carolina State University. She has a PhD in international relations from the University of Southern California.

Summary

During the 1980s, United States cities came of age as forces to be reckoned with in US foreign policy. This scholarly, yet readable, analysis carefully explores the roots and influence of municipal activism, surveying particular organizing issues and developing an `active city' profile by examining particular cases.

Product details

• Authors: Heidi H. Hobbs, Hobbs Heidi H.
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.1994
• EAN: 9780803955226
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-5522-6
• No. of pages: 136
• Weight: 400 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, International Relations, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government, Politics & International Relations