Title Cities on the world stage : the politics of global urban climate governance / David J. Gordon

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 285 pages) : illustrations Contents Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: All the World's a Stage: Cities and the Global Governance of Climate Change -- I.1 A Puzzling Phenomenon: Coordination in the C40 City Network -- I.2 My Argument -- I.3 A Theory of Global Urban Governance Fields -- I.4 Contributions -- The City as Global Governor -- An Empirical Picture of Coordination and Convergence in the C40 -- Explaining and Assessing the Global Governance Potential of Cities -- I.5 Methods I.6 Plan of the Book -- I.7 Conclusion -- 1 The Contours of Coordination in the C40 -- 1.1 Coordination and Collective Action in the C40: 2005-2018 -- 1.2 The C40 from 2005 to 2018: Demographics and Composition -- 1.3 Climate Policy in the C40: Patterns across Space and Time -- 1.4 The C40 in Context -- 1.5 Alternative Accounts -- Coordination in the C40: A Structural Account -- Coordination in the C40: An Agential Story -- Coordination in the C40: An Organizational Account -- 2 A Theory of Global Urban Governance Fields -- 2.1 Global Cities Governing/Governing Global Cities 2.2 Field Theory: An Overview -- 2.3 A Theory of Global Urban Governance Fields -- Collective Identity and the Composition of a Governance Field -- Habitus: Actors, Ideas, and Interests -- Authority in Governance Fields: A Relational Perspective -- Foundations of Authority in Governance Fields: Capital in Three Forms -- Converting Capital into Authority: The Crucial Role of Recognition -- Recognition in Global Urban Governance Fields -- 2.4 Methods and Evidence -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3 The Contours of Convergence in the C40 -- 3.1 Methodological Foundations -- 3.2 Methods and Data 3.3 Who Governs/What Kind of Problem -- 3.4 How C40 Cities Govern: Part I -- 3.5 How C40 Cities Govern: Part II -- 3.6 Convergence and Collective Identity in the C40 -- 3.7 Conclusion -- 4 Act I: Contestation and Competition -- 4.1 Governance Context -- 4.2 A Tale of Two Protagonists: Competing Camps in the C40 Governance Field -- 4.3 The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) -- Habitus -- Governance Norms Projected onto the C40 Governance Field -- Claims to Capital in the C40 Governance Field -- 4.4 The C40 Chair -- Habitus -- Governance Norms Projected onto the C40 Governance Field Claims to Capital in the C40 Governance Field -- 4.5 Competing Claims and Clustering in the C40 -- 4.6 Explaining Clustering and Contestation -- 4.7 Conclusion -- 5 Act II: Convergence and Coordination -- 5.1 Governance Context -- 5.2 A New Vision for the C40 -- Habitus -- Governance Norms Projected onto the C40 Governance Field -- Claims to Capital in the C40 Governance Field -- 5.3 Toward Convergence in the C40 -- 5.4 Explaining Convergence in the C40 -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 6 Act III: Consolidation and Collective Identity -- 6.1 Governance Context Summary "Cities are playing an ever more important role in the mitigation and adaption to climate change. This book examines the politics shaping whether, how and to what extent cities engage in global climate governance. By studying the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, and drawing on scholarship from international relations, social movements, global governance and field theory, the book introduces a theory of global urban governance fields. This theory links observed increases in city engagement and coordination to the convergence of C40 cities around particular ways of understanding and enforcing climate governance. The collective capacity of cities to produce effective and socially equitable global climate governance is also analysed. Highlighting the constraints facing city networks and the potential pitfalls associated with a city-driven global response, this assessment of the transformative potential of cities will be of great interest to researchers, graduate students and policymakers in global environmental politics and policy"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 06, 2020) Subject Urban policy -- Environmental aspects Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Government policy Climatic changes -- Government policy -- International cooperation Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Government policy Urban policy -- Environmental aspects Form Electronic book LC no. 2019038256 ISBN 9781108125888 1108125883 1107192331 9781107192331 9781108136754 1108136753

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