City Agency and Global Governance, livre ebook

Using the case studies of Bristol, UK and Montreal, Canada this book is the first to analyse the two cities’ significant roles in global migration governance, with their international work informed by their local migration contexts.

Migration has become a critical issue for cities’ international engagement as most migrants live in cities, and local governments are increasingly responsible for supporting them. This ‘city diplomacy’ encompasses the ways that cities are working individually and through formal transnational networks to become influencers of global agendas, as opposed to just implementers of national policy.

This timely book shows how the international engagement efforts of Bristol, UK and Montreal, Canada have been shaped by their strong history of migrant inclusion. Exploring co-dependent globalization and urbanization, this book shows that cities have a significant role to play in global migration governance.

1. Introduction

2. Global Cities to Global Urban Governance

3. Collective and Group Agency

4. A Spectrum of City Agency

5. Cities and Global Migration Governance

6. Migration Diplomacy in Bristol and Montreal

7. Opening the ‘Black Box’ of the City as an International Actor