The Power of Cities in Global Climate Politics Saviours, Supplicants or Agents of Change? /

• Main Author: Johnson, Craig A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Cities and the Global Politics of the Environment
• Subjects: Human geography.; Urban geography.; Sociology, Urban.; Climate change.; Human Geography.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Climate Change Management and Policy.
• Physical Description: XI, 169 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781137594693
• DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-59469-3

There is now a palpable sense of optimism about the role of cities and transnational city-networks in global climate governance. Yet, amidst the euphoria, there is also a sense that the power that has been ascribed to - and frequently assumed by - cities has been overstated; that the power of cities and city-networks to make a difference in global climate politics is not what it appears. This book explores the implications of city-engagement in global climate politics, outlining a theoretical framework that can be used to understand the power of cities in relation to transnational city-networks, multinational corporations and nation-states. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of transnational governance, global environmental politics and climate change.