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Local-Regional-Global Dynamics

Local-Regional-Global Dynamics. Levels of politics Global (the world) Regional International (NAFTA) National (Ottawa) Regional Subnational (Ontario) Local (Toronto). Location of power Globalization undermines state sovereignty

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Local-Regional-Global Dynamics

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  1. Local-Regional-Global Dynamics

  2. Levels of politics • Global (the world) • Regional International (NAFTA) • National (Ottawa) • Regional Subnational (Ontario) • Local (Toronto)

  3. Location of power Globalization undermines state sovereignty Regional organizations advance interests of groups of states Subnational regions grow in power The rise of global cities

  4. Global cities (or world cities) Cities integrated into global networks of capital, production, information, and political power Pillars of globalization

  5. Global city rankings, Globalization and World Cities Study Group: • http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2008t.html

  6. Global City Index, Foreign Policy magazine: • http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4509

  7. The City as the central concept of politics as such A global empire which relies on global cities? Whose interests are served by global cities? What about the citizens? The neoliberal shift in city governance: from managerialism to entrepreneurialism Read Saskia Sassen: The Global City: Strategic Site/New Frontier http://www.india-seminar.com/2001/503/503%20saskia%20sassen.htm

  8. A warning from the past: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8213001278676327450&ei=CPERSqWnGIGorQKZh9GhDg&q=global+cities&hl=en

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