World Cities and Nation States

Greg Clark, Tim Moonen



World Cities and Nation States takes a global perspective to show how national governments and states/provinces/regions continue to play a decisive, and often positive, partnership role with world cities. The 16 chapter book comprised of two introductory chapters, 12 central chapters that draw on case studies, and two summary chapters - draws on over 40 interviews with national ministers, city government officials, business leaders and expert academics.

Table of Contents

Foreword xii

Preface xiv

Section I Introducing world cities and nation states 1

1 Introduction: Clash of the centuries? 3

2 Cities and nation states: The story so far 19

Section II World cities in tight nations: Unitary systems in transition 33

3 London: From centralism to negotiated growth management 35

4 Paris: Manufacturing a metropolis amid institutional complexity 54

5 Seoul: Lessons from de‐centralisation and de‐concentration 68

6 Tokyo: Shared global aspirations and blunted reforms 81

Section III Working remotely: World cities in federal systems 95

7 Mumbai: The opportunity costs of leadership and co‐ordination failure 97

8 New York: Adapting to 'emergency back‐up' federalism 110

9 São Paulo: The quest for recognition and reform 122

10 Toronto: Building capacity to renew the 'city that works' 136

Section IV Mixed blessings: City‐states and special status cities 149

11 Hong Kong: A laboratory for a globalising nation 151

12 Moscow: Demand or divergence – the externalities of political centralism 163

13 Shanghai: Pragmatism in pursuit of global leadership 177

14 Singapore: The opportunities and obstacles of city‐statehood 189

Section V Conclusion: A New Deal for the 21st century? 201

15 Adjusting to an age of world cities 203

16 Unintended consequences: Making world cities work for nations 224

References 240

Index 277



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