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- The author made major contributions on peace research and peace building
- Distinguished researcher for international relations (former president of the ISA)
- Distinguished peace researcher (former secretary general of the IPRA)
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice (BRIEFSPIONEER, volume 8)
Part of the book sub series: Texts and Protocols (BRIEFSTEXTS)
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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?”.
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Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The UN System and Cities in Global Governance
Authors: Chadwick F. Alger
Series Title: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00512-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-00511-9Published: 21 August 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-00512-6Published: 13 August 2013
Series ISSN: 2194-3125
Series E-ISSN: 2194-3133
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 163
Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, History of Science, International Relations