World Cities and Nation States takes a global perspective to show how national governments and states/provinces/regions continue to play a decisive, and often positive, partnership role with world cities. The 16 chapter book comprised of two introductory chapters, 12 central chapters that draw on case studies, and two summary chapters - draws on over 40 interviews with national ministers, city government officials, business leaders and expert academics.
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978-1-119-21643-8 (9781119216438)
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Foreword
Preface
Section 1
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Cities and nation states - the story so far
Section 2 World cities in tight nations: unitary systems in transition
Chapter 3: London
Chapter 4: Paris
Chapter 5: Seoul
Chapter 6: Tokyo
Section 3 Working remotely: world cities in federal systems
Chapter 7: Mumbai
Chapter 8: New York City
Chapter 9: Sao Paulo
Chapter 10: Toronto
Section 4: The mixed blessing of city-states and special status cities
Chapter 11: Hong Kong
Chapter 12: Moscow
Chapter 13: Shanghai
Chapter 14: Singapore
Section 5
Chapter 15: Adjusting to an age of world cities
Chapter 16: Unintended consequences: the outlook beyond world cities
