Global City 2.0 - From Strategic Site to Global Actor

In this book Kristin Ljungkvist claims that we can better understand why local governments find it to be in their Global City's interest to claim international political authority by exploring how the city's role in the globalized world is constructed and narrated locally.

List of contents

1. Introduction Part 1 2. Global City Reflexivity and Actorization 3. An Interdisciplinary understanding of the Global City as Actor in World Politics 4. Global City Role Conceptions – A Theoretical Framework 5. Methodological Considerations Part 2 6. Introducing the Case – New York City as a Reflexive Global City
7. The New York City Role Conception in Counterterrorism 8. The New York City Role Conception in Climate Change 9. Conclusions and Contribution

About the author

Kristin Ljungkvist is a junior lecturer at the Department of Government and Institute for Housing and Urban Research at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her current research interests include global cities and urban politics, security governance, globalization, gender and International Relations, European security and Critical Infrastructure Protection.

Summary

In this book Kristin Ljungkvist claims that we can better understand why local governments find it to be in their Global City’s interest to claim international political authority by exploring how the city’s role in the globalized world is constructed and narrated locally.

Product details

• Authors: Kristin Ljungkvist, Ljungkvist Kristin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.10.2017
• EAN: 9780815370314
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-7031-4
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Cities and Global Governance
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, International Relations, Politics & government, Politics and government, Urban communities, Urban communities / city life