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<h1><font face="Verdana">global city-regions</font></h1>
<h2><font face="Verdana">as changing sites of governance</font></h2>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">We want to explore the role of city regions as
substate spheres of politics in the context of contemporary globalization processes.
While the general mechanisms and dynamics of globalization have been analyzed
rather extensively, the study of their effects has concentrated mostly on effects
at the state-level and on a strictly defined range of policy fields. However,
since globalization is uneven in its spread and impact, it seems obvious that
not only states are being affected differently, but also the political entities
within them.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2"> The intention of our research project is to
provide new insights into the relationship between globalization and governance
on two different but interrelated levels of analysis. From the macro perspective,
our aim is to explore new sites of global politics by analyzing the links between
global city regions, „their“ national central states, and trans-national globalization.
From a micro perspective, in focussing on specific city regions we want to understand
the influences of local, national, and global actors and interests in selected
areas of governance (policy fields). The city regions we have chosen to focus
on are Johannesburg in South Africa, Mumbai in India, São Paulo in Brazil, and
Shanghai in China. </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">The research project shall be conducted on a
comparative basis and in cooperation with local partners in the respective city
regions. Thus we shall be able to account for exogenous similarities (due to
external, global processes) and for endogenous particularities (due to local
history and national politics). </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">The project is financed by the Volkswagen Foundation.</font>
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<h2><font face="Verdana">project:</font></h2>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_project/project_description_txt.htm">project
description</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_project/expected_outcomes_txt.htm">expected
outcomes</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">team:</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_project/team_berlin_txt.htm">berlin</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_project/team_partners_txt.htm">partners</a></font></p>
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<h2><font face="Verdana">city-regions:</font></h2>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_cityregions/city_regions_txt.htm">city regions</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_cityregions/definition_txt.htm">definition</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_cityregions/relevance_txt.htm">relevance</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_cityregions/criteria_for_selection_txt.htm">criteria
for selection</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">cities:</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_cityregions/johannesburg_txt.htm">johannesburg</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_cityregions/mumbai_txt.htm">mumbai</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="_cityregions/shanghai_txt.htm">shanghai</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_cityregions/saopaulo_txt.htm">sao paulo</a></font></p>
<p> </p>
<h2><font face="Verdana">governance:</font></h2>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_governance/policy_fields_txt.htm">policy fields</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_governance/economic_development_txt.htm">economic
development</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_governance/knowledge_generation_txt.htm">knowledge
generation</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_governance/internal_security_txt.htm">internal
security</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_governance/basic_services_txt.htm">basic services</a></font></p>
<p> </p>
<h2><font face="Verdana">links:</font></h2>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_links/links_txt.htm">links</a></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><a href="_contact/contact_txt.htm">contact</a></font></p>
<p> </p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#333333">© <a href="mailto:battek@simon-roof.org">bartosz
penczek</a></font> </p>
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