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来源

URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW,Vol.55,Issue2,P.375-404

语言

英文

关键字

cities; paradiplomacy; Toronto; Sao Paulo; mayors; LEADERSHIP; GOVERNANCE; STRATEGIES

作者单位

[Stren, Richard] Univ Toronto, Polit Sci & Publ Policy, Toronto, ON, Canada. [Stren, Richard] Univ Toronto, Global Cities Inst, Toronto, ON, Canada. [Friendly, Abigail] Univ Utrecht, Dept Human Geog & Spatial Planning, Utrecht, Netherlands. Stren, R (reprint author), Univ Toronto, 170 Bloor St West,Suite 1103, Toronto, ON M5S 1T9, Canada. E-Mail: restren@gmail.com

摘要

With globalization, the largest cities in the world have been growing in economic importance. And their local powers have often been enhanced as a result of decentralization reforms over the past two decades. In this context, cities-and particularly their mayors-have been reaching out to other cities and jurisdictions to pursue a variety of goals. One term for this process is "paradiplomacy," but most of the literature on the subject gives little attention to the local political dynamics behind these initiatives. In this article, we explore these local dynamics through a comparison of two major cities, Toronto, Canada, and Sao Paulo, Brazil. The cases show that external initiatives, both in scope and direction, vary according to the political strategies of the elected mayors. These strategies are strongly affected by the local context and by the political logic of mayoral leadership.