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A more encompassing understanding of the African-European relationship
No full textThe Africa-Europe cooperation is already and will necessarily be based on multistakeholder interaction. The book looks at this relationship by focusing on a crucial node of interaction which is underexamined and yet of great importance: The plurality of socio-economic and political interaction underpinning the relationship between Africa and Europe.1 In particular, it aims to identity patterns of cooperation and recurrent obstacles in African-European multistakeholder dynamics. This book studies the ongoing dynamics between the two continents by adopting a pluralist understanding of international relations which encompasses non-state actors as well as states. Traditionally the focus of the studies on Africa and Europe has been almost entirely put on government-to-government interaction. The current reality is far more complex and needs to be analysed with the right lenses in order to be fully understood
City diplomacy: from city-states to global cities
No full textWhile the view that only states act as global actors is conventional, significant diplomatic and cross-cultural activity is taking place in cities today. Economic growth and fiscal experiments all occur in urban contexts. Political reforms, social innovation, and protests and revolutions generate in cities. Criminal activities, terrorist actions, counterinsurgency, missile attacks (indeed, atomic bombs), and wars are centered in big cities. They are sources of global pollution as well as of environmental transformations such as urban gardening. Knowledge production, big data collection, and tech innovation all spur from intense interaction in cities. They are the meeting points between different cultures, religions, and identities.
These increasingly international cities develop twinning networks and projects, share information, sign cooperation agreements, contribute to the drafting of national and international policies, provide development aid, promote assistance to refugees, and do territorial marketing through decentralized city-city or district-district cooperation. Cities do what “municipalities” used to do many centuries ago: they cooperate but also enter into intense competitive dynamics. To understand current sociopolitical dynamics on a planetary level, we need to have two mental maps in mind: the state-centered map and the nonstate centered map. We must take into account the existence of a complex diplomatic regime based on different overlapping levels—the urban and the state
la Diplomatie des villes. Des anciennes cités-Etats aux villes globales
No full textCet ouvrage propose un examen complet des principales orientations de la diplomatie des villes. La première partie offre une analyse du contexte de la politique globale au sein duquel se développe, de nos jours, la diplomatie des villes. La seconde partie approfondit les caractéristiques essentielles de la diplomatie des villes à partir d'une perspective internationale et comparative. Les remarques conclusives tracent un parcours de réflexion qui, au-delà des systèmes nationaux, soutient l'importance cruciale de la mise en oeuvre d'une approche intégrée "glocale"
Global democracy: for and against : ethical theory, institutional design, and social struggle
No full textThe book defends the case for the expansion of the democratic model to the global political sphere. Concentrating on the participatory deficit of international affairs, it examines the nexus between the phenomenon of international exclusion and the political response of global democracy.
This distinctive position is developed through a critical survey of the principal theories for and against global democracy. The main rival narratives (realism, nationalism, civilizationism, and liberal internationalism) are rebutted on grounds of failing democratic principles of inclusion. Based on a notion of interaction-dependent justice, these theories arguably provide a crucial ideological support to the exclusionary attitude of the current international
system. Going against these exclusionary paradigms, the book
defends a model of cosmo-federalism that is all-inclusive, multilayered, and rooted.
The text adopts an interdisciplinary perspective that combines three areas of scholarship: international political theory, international relations, and political sociology. Within them, a number of contemporary controversies are analyzed, including the ethical dispute on global justice, the institutional debate on supranationalism, and the political discussion on social emancipatory struggles. From such an interdisciplinary perspective is derived an engaged text that will be of interest to students and researchers concerned with the key political aspects of the discussion on globalization and democratic global order
Migration Needs Global Regulation
No full textPeople Flow proposes a regulatory system that is nationalist and discriminatory. Instead we need a global system of regulation based on the principles of free movement and universal justice
La politica della globalizzazione
No full textIl volume offre una sintesi critica della riflessione internazionalistica a riguardo delle trasformazioni globali e ne analizza le più importanti conseguenze a partire dal mutamento del cleavage politico da destra contro sinistra a globalisti contro localisti che sempre più caratterizza anche il nostro paese. L'oggetto di analisi riguarda il nuovo contesto, complesso e multilivello, all'interno del quale si articola la politica contemporanea. Il testo sostiene la tesi liberale e costruttivista secondo cui la globalizzazione degli ultimi trent'anni rappresenta un processo qualitativamente diverso dalle precedenti ondate di internazionalizzazione, un fenomeno promosso dalla coalizione transatlantica, ma in seguito dimostratosi anche a favore delle potenze emergenti. Tale processo ha profonde ricadute sul tipo di politica che oggi possiamo praticare e sul tipo di attori in grado di influire sulle scelte pubbliche che determinano la nostra vita. Particolare attenzione è quindi dedicata all'analisi dei nuovi attori transnazionali e delle dinamiche che caratterizzano la governance globale intesa come snodo cruciale per la vita nazionale e come luogo di genesi dei possibili scenari futuri dell'ordine mondiale
Manuale di politica estera italiana
No full textIl volume intende fornire una sistematica panoramica dei principali aspetti della politica estera italiana e si propone come testo fondativo per gli studi politologici e più in generale per il dibattito pubblico sul tema. In questo senso il manuale non è solo uno strumento analitico che raccoglie il sapere accumulatosi negli anni all’interno degli studi internazionalistici, ma rappresenta anche una componente di una risposta accademica a un rinnovato interesse verso la politica estera italiana; e questo in un periodo di transizione internazionale che richiede sempre più una conoscenza adeguata dell’azione del nostro paese in Europa e nel mondo. Si approfondiscono le diverse prospettive da cui il tema della politica estera è affrontato, con particolare attenzione alla formulazione delle politiche e al processo decisionale inteso come politica pubblica. Il testo si rivolge a studenti, ricercatori, studiosi e giornalisti che vogliano comprendere il più ampio dibattito delle relazioni internazionali e del ruolo dell’Italia
دیپلماسی شهری. شهرهااز تا شهرهای جهانی (City Diplomacy)
No full textWhile the view that only states act as global actors is conventional, significant diplomatic and cross-cultural activity is taking place in cities today. Economic growth and fiscal experiments all occur in urban contexts. Political reforms, social innovation, and protests and revolutions generate in cities. Criminal activities, terrorist actions, counterinsurgency, missile attacks (indeed, atomic bombs), and wars are centered in big cities. They are sources of global pollution as well as of environmental transformations such as urban gardening. Knowledge production, big data collection, and tech innovation all spur from intense interaction in cities. They are the meeting points between different cultures, religions, and identities.
These increasingly international cities develop twinning networks and projects, share information, sign cooperation agreements, contribute to the drafting of national and international policies, provide development aid, promote assistance to refugees, and do territorial marketing through decentralized city-city or district-district cooperation. Cities do what “municipalities” used to do many centuries ago: they cooperate but also enter into intense competitive dynamics. To understand current sociopolitical dynamics on a planetary level, we need to have two mental maps in mind: the state-centered map and the nonstate centered map. We must take into account the existence of a complex diplomatic regime based on different overlapping levels—the urban and the state
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