TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alger,Chadwick F.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - The UN System and Cities in Global Governance
T2  - SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice,
SN  - 9783319005126
AV  - K3581-3598.22 
U1  - 344.046 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Environmental sciences
KW  - Science
KW  - History
KW  - environmental law
KW  - environment
KW  - Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice
KW  - history of science
KW  - International relations
N1  - From the Contents: Introduction to the Texts in this Volume -- Cities as Arenas for Participatory Learning in Global Citizenship (1977) -- The Impact of Cities on International Systems (1979) -- Perceiving, Analysing and Coping With the Local-Global Nexus (1988) -- The World Relations of Cities: Closing the Gap Between Social Science Paradigms and Everyday Human Experience (1990) -- Japanese Municipal International Exchange and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges (1997) -- Searching for Democratic Potential in Emerging Global Governance:  What Are the Implications of Regional and Global Involvements of Local Governments? (2011)
N2  - This is the second volume to commemorate the 90th birthday of the distinguished scholar Chadwick F. Alger to honor his lifetime achievement in international relations and as President of the International Studies Association (1978-1979). After a brief introduction by Chad F. Alger this volume presents six of his key texts on The UN System and Cities in Global Governance, focusing on “Cities as arenas for participatory learning in global citizenship”; “The Impact of Cities on International Systems”;  “Perceiving, Analysing and Coping With the Local-Global Nexus”; “The World Relations of Cities: Closing the Gap Between Social Science Paradigms and Everyday Human Experience”; “Japanese Municipal International Exchange and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges” and on “Searching for Democratic Potential in Emerging Global Governance:  What Are the Implications of Regional and Global Involvements of Local Governments?”
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00512-6
ER  -