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Cities have become increasingly important to global politics, but
have largely occupied a peripheral place in the academic study of
International Relations (IR). This is a notable oversight for the
discipline, although one which may be explained by IR's traditional
state centrism, the subjugation of the city to the demands of the
territorial state in the modern period, and a lack of conceptual
and analytical frameworks that can allow scholars to include the
impact of cities within their work. Presenting case-specific
scholarship from leading experts in the field, each contribution
guides the reader through the changing nature of cities in the
international system and their increasing prominence in global
governance outcomes. The book features case studies on the
financial power of cities, city action in the security domain,
collaboration of cities in coping with environmental problems,
transnational urban regions, and mayors as international actors to
illustrate if the relationship between the city and the state has
changed in profound ways, and how cities are empowered by
structural changes in world politics. The multidisciplinary and
global focus in The Power of Cities in International Relations
sheds much needed light on the significance of the reemergence of
cities from the long shadow of the nation-state. Only by examining
the mechanisms that have empowered cities in the last few decades
can we understand their new functions and capabilities in global
politics.
Cities have become increasingly important to global politics, but
have largely occupied a peripheral place in the academic study of
International Relations (IR). This is a notable oversight for the
discipline, although one which may be explained by IR's traditional
state centrism, the subjugation of the city to the demands of the
territorial state in the modern period, and a lack of conceptual
and analytical frameworks that can allow scholars to include the
impact of cities within their work. Presenting case-specific
scholarship from leading experts in the field, each contribution
guides the reader through the changing nature of cities in the
international system and their increasing prominence in global
governance outcomes. The book features case studies on the
financial power of cities, city action in the security domain,
collaboration of cities in coping with environmental problems,
transnational urban regions, and mayors as international actors to
illustrate if the relationship between the city and the state has
changed in profound ways, and how cities are empowered by
structural changes in world politics. The multidisciplinary and
global focus in The Power of Cities in International Relations
sheds much needed light on the significance of the reemergence of
cities from the long shadow of the nation-state. Only by examining
the mechanisms that have empowered cities in the last few decades
can we understand their new functions and capabilities in global
politics.
'A superb book and a must-read for any City fan.' - DANIEL TAYLOR,
senior writer, The Athletic 'A thorough and delicious retelling of
perhaps not the most successful of European journeys, but
definitely the most interesting ... Fantastic.' - DAVID MOONEY, BBC
Radio 5 Live 'A book that brilliantly explodes the myth that City
have no history or pedigree in Europe.' - SIMON MULLOCK, chief
football writer, Sunday Mirror THE ESSENTIAL NEW HISTORY OF
MANCHESTER CITY'S EUROPEAN TRIUMPHS AND TRAGEDIES FEATURING A
FOREWORD BY CITY LEGEND FRANCIS LEE As one of the first English
sides to taste glory in Europe, lifting the Cup Winners' Cup in
1970, City looked set for life among the continent's elite. But as
their domestic fortunes went from bad to worse to absolute
calamity, the wilderness returned. Avid City fan and respected
journalist Simon Curtis dusts off the details of some truly
intoxicating away days. Filled with tales of the club's travelling
support and the evocative accounts of the journalists who saw the
team of the Seventies, Curtis tells the story of a club steeped in
history, defiantly refusing to bow to pomp and ceremony as it goes
about lifting the ultimate prize. After a spectacular rebuild and
having achieved all there is to achieve on the domestic stage,
including a record-breaking 100-point season in 2017-18, City's
deep-pocketed owners have their sights firmly set on European glory
once more. Yet for all their recent success at home, they are
anything but welcome guests at Europe's top table.
What can 'assemblage thinking' contribute to international theory?
Assemblages have been invoked in several disciplines to make sense
of the heterogeneity of the elements of society and the ways in
which these are politically intertwined. Can parallel developments
be prompted in IR?Reassembling International Theory investigates
how the contemporary debates on assemblages in social theory can
contribute to generating critical considerations on the connections
and dissociation of political agency, physical world and
international dynamics. It draws on a variety of international
relations experiences and on conversations with key 'assemblage'
theorists to tease out the theoretical and methodological
implications, ontological and material dynamics, as well as the
politics of assemblage thinking.Including contributions from Rita
Abrahamsen, Roland Bleiker, Antoine Bousquet, Christian Bueger,
David Chandler, Stephen Collier, Olaf Corry, Xavier Guillaume,
Graham Harman, Debbie Lisle, Maximilian Mayer, Aihwa Ong, Mark
Salter, Saskia Sassen, Peer Schouten, Nick Srnicek and Michael
Williams, this text will appeal to scholars in International
Relations, Political Sociology and Human Geography.
The Law of Shipbuilding Contracts examines the principles of
English contract law as these apply to shipbuilding. The leading
text on shipbuilding and marine construction, widely used by the
global maritime community, this new edition is updated to account
for the "long tail" effects of the global economic crisis on the
sector. The authors provide expert analysis on the key shipbuilding
contract forms, including sections dealing with agreements
ancillary to the shipbuilding contract and ship conversion
contracts, together with - for the first time - contracts for the
construction of offshore oil and gas vessels and units. The new
edition has been comprehensively updated, including commentary on
recent High Court decisions on shipbuilding contracts and, in
particular, associated refund guarantees. The contractual and legal
consequences of global economic turbulence and the resultant
increase in the number and size of disputes in the shipbuilding
sector are discussed, alongside coverage of other contemporary
regulatory and legal issues resulting from environmental pressures
and the trend for "cleaner", more efficient tonnage. A
comprehensive and authoritative resource, this book is essential
reading for buyers and charterers of newbuilding tonnage,
shipbuilders and offshore construction yards, shipbrokers, banks
and other finance providers, lawyers and insurers working in the
maritime and offshore oil and gas sectors, as well as students of
maritime law.
The re-emergence of the city from the long shadow of the state in
the late-twentieth century was facilitated by the state itself. The
unprecedented size and scale of today's global cities and mega
cities owe their conditions of possibility to a fundamental shift
in the character of political order at the level of the
international system. This book argues that we must understand the
rise of the global city as part of a wider process of the
transformation of international political order, and of the
character of international society. Global cities are an
inscription of the ideals of a market society in space, constructed
and defended at the level of international society. They embody the
ascendance of a set of liberal principles at a certain moment in
history - a moment related to the hegemonic status of leading
states in the second half of the twentieth century, and the ability
of those states to shape international norms. But the evolution of
these urban forms has also reflected the tendency for deregulated
markets to generate inequality and polarisation: these features are
also inscribed in the spaces of global cities. Global cities focus
and amplify the tensions and contradictions within the contemporary
international system, and become key strategic sites for struggles
over social justice and the character of political life in the
twenty-first century. Global Cities and Global Order demonstrates
the significance of the re-emergence of cities from the long shadow
of the nation-state is far-reaching. Only by examining the
mechanisms by which cities have become empowered in the last few
decades can we understand their new functions and capabilities in
global politics.
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