This review article explores some of the key concepts, trends, and approaches in
contemporary urban governance research. Based on a horizon scan of recent literature and …

Leading Cities is a global review of the state of city leadership and urban governance today.
Drawing on research into 202 cities in 100 countries, the book provides a broad …

This article argues that the (re-) constitution of diplomacy is intimately linked to gender and
the practices of exclusion and inclusion of women and men over time. While the big debates …

Studying paradiplomacy comparatively, this book explains why and how sub-state
governments (SSG) conduct their international relations (IR) with external actors, and how …

Cities have come to play an important role in the global governance of climate change, and
are increasingly recognized as a crucial component of the post-Paris climate regime. Based …

This entry offers a brief examination of a reality that is contributing inadvertently to the
decentralization of the global diplomatic realm, namely the growing involvement of …

Political geographers have increasingly engaged with “alternative” diplomatic practices,
actors, cultures, and sites which transcend traditional state‐centric modalities. Despite this …

City diplomacy has a long history and has witnessed a clear sprawl over the last century.
Successive “generations” of city diplomacy approaches have emerged over this period, with …

Paradiplomacy, federalism and international negotiation are increasingly prevalent
phenomena that require more theoretical attention. Successful mobilization of non-central …

HCSS identifies and analyzes the developments that shape our security environment. We
show the intricate and dynamic relations between political, military, economic, social …