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Author:   Nico van der Heiden
Publisher:   ECPR Press
Imprint:   ECPR Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.159kg
ISBN:  

9781907301070

ISBN 10:   1907301070
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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CONTENTS Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction Networking city-regions in the new scalar order Research questions Chapter outline Chapter One: A Theory of Urban Foreign Policy Why do city-regions go global? From explaining city-regions' international activities to intrascalar and interscalar changes Changes caused by city-regions' international activities A model of city-regions' international activities Chapter Two: The Seven City-Regions Under Scrutiny Case selection Berne: a capital city with a national orientation Geneva: international city of peace and solidarity Lausanne: city of international sport Lucerne: partnerships for tourism Zurich: international banking and insurance Lyon: going global for the top fi fteen Stuttgart: global mobility A fi rst overview: the network's side Chapter Three: Why do City-Regions go Global? Globalisation and the rescaling of the state Varieties of capitalism and the international activities of city-regions Combining rescaling and varieties of capitalism Chapter Four: Intrascalar and Interscalar Changes The mayor and the bureaucracy govern Horizontal governance: lonesome core cities Vertical governance: only the EU Intrascalar and interscalar aspects of urban foreign policy Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Nico van der Heiden is currently Senior Project Manager at the Institute for Political Science and at the Centre for Democracy Studies at the University of Zurich. He is also lecturer at the University of Lucerne and at the University for Applied Sciences, Lucerne.

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