City Hall Goes Abroad

The Foreign Policy of Local Politics
1. Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-0-8039-5523-3
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 186 g

City Hall Goes Abroad provides a systematic examination of local activism, specifically city governments acting on international issues. It delineates the growth of these activities in the past two decades, focusing on four issues: the comprehensive test ban, nuclear-free zone declarations, divestment from South Africa, and sanctuary for Central American refugees. This book is useful in understanding not only these specific issues and the cities that have acted on them, but the general phenomenon of nonstate activism that has emerged and the direction of this activism in the 1990s and beyond. This unique volume examines the subject matter from both a descriptive and quantitative perspective. The comprehensive way in which the topic is addressed will be of interest to academics, activists, and government practitioners as well as students of urban politics, local government, foreign policy, and international relations. "Heidi H. Hobbs is to be commended for producing a book that should be required reading for any student of foreign policy making--by central and noncentral governments--and that advances the analysis of the global activities of American municipal governments. --Canadian Journal of Urban Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hobbs, Heidi H.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landesverwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Think Globally, Act Locally
Changing Latitudes
Interpersonal Issues and Public Response
Main Street America Goes International
The Truth or Consequences of Local Activism
Whither Municipal Foreign Policy?

Über Autor(innen)

Hobbs, Heidi H.
Heidi H. Hobbs is the director of the Master of International Studies program and an associate professor of political science in the School of Public and International Affairs at North Carolina State University. She has a PhD in international relations from the University of Southern California.