Amiri / Sevin City Diplomacy

Current Trends and Future Prospects
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-45615-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 362 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This edited volume provides an inclusive explanation of what, why, and how cities interact with global counterparts as well as with nation states, non-governmental organizations, and foreign publics. The chapters present theoretical and analytical approaches to the study of city diplomacy as well as case studies to capture the nuances of the practice. By bringing together a diverse group of authors in terms of their geographic location, academic and practitioner backgrounds, the volume speaks to multiple disciplines, including diplomacy, political science, communication, sociology, marketing and tourism.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Amiri, Sohaela

Sevin, Efe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Beyond networking? The agency of City Network Secretariats in the realm of city diplomacy.- 3. Cacophony or complementarity? The expanding ecosystem of city networks under scrutiny.- 4. Marine protection in the polycentric governance system: The PEMSEA Network of Local Governments (PNLG).- 5. A framework of city diplomacy on positive outcomes and negative emotional engagement: How to enhance the international role of cities and city/mayor branding on Twitter?.- 6. Museums as actors of city diplomacy: From "hard" assets to "soft" power.- 7. Un-nation branding: The cities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in Israeli soft power.- 8. Do cities leverage summits to enhance their image online? Examining the Twittersphere of the Inaugural U20 Mayoral Summit, Buenos Aires, Argentina.- 9. How are cities inserting themselves in the international system?.- 10. Strategies for enhancing EU city diplomacy.- 11. Making US MOIA sustainable institutions for conducting city diplomacy by protecting their precarious values.- 12. The branding of Singapore as city of international peace dialogue.- 13. Paradiplomacy and city branding: The case of Medellin, Colombia (2004-2019).- 14. City diplomacy in young democracies: The case of the Baltics.- 15. Turku (Finland) as a case study in the city diplomacy of small urban centers, 1971-2011.

Über Autor(innen)

Efe Sevin is an Assistant Professor in the Mass Communication Department of Towson University, Maryland, USA. Sohaela Amiri is Pardee RAND Graduate School (PRGS) Fellow at the RAND Corporation, USA.