Globalization and World Cities Research Network and think-tank on worldwide links between cities presents this fascinating overview … Geographical Unions Commission on Urban Geography). -- This is a "big book" by Peter Taylor. It tells of the extraordinary world …

This edited book analyses the changing links between governance, security and development in Africa as they relate to … the narrative that contemporary Africa has made remarkable progress in recent years, a phenomenon popularly known as … "Africa rising." The book presents a rigorous evaluation of the Africa rising debate and consequently offers innovative policy …

rapidly becoming a world class power in military, economic, and 'soft power' terms. …

pt. 1. Origins -- pt. 2. Theory and critiques -- pt. 3. The contemporary world-economy -- pt. 4. Development and …

This book evaluates the current state of world (dis)order at a time of growing populism, nationalism and pandemic panic …. It distils the implications of the 'civilisational state' for world order. The retreat of US leadership is mirrored by … no longer bound to the norms of 20th century world affairs, notably Turkey, India, China and Russia. By emphasising a …

Standard histories of European integration emphasize the immediate aftermath of World War II as the moment when the … reconstruction of the world order, generating arguments that cut across the different social sciences, then plunged in a period of …