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'Cities are back as significant political-administrative units - only now as metropolises. Rather than simply a mechanical effect of the exigencies of economic globalization, this book convincingly demonstrates that an array of active political actors are involved in energizing the trend. It is political praxis not economic structure that provides the key to understanding the efflorescence of urban governance today. The fact that there is much variation across cities in the extent and effectiveness of new models of governance suggests how much one-size-fits-all economic determinism misses the point,' - John Agnew, Distinguished Professor of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, US

'Cities are back as significant political-administrative units - only now as metropolises. Rather than simply a mechanical effect of the exigencies of economic globalization, this book convincingly demonstrates that an array of active political actors are involved in energizing the trend. It is political praxis not economic structure that provides the key to understanding the efflorescence of urban governance today. The fact that there is much variation across cities in the extent and effectiveness of new models of governance suggests how much one-size-fits-all economic determinism misses the point,' --John Agnew, Distinguished Professor of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles

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Edited by Alistair Cole, Professor of Political Science, Department of Government and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China and Renaud Payre, Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po Lyon, France

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