City leadership in global governance

Global Governance

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 481-498

  Acuto, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cities; Diplomacy; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880734260     PISSN: 10752846     EISSN: 19426720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/19426720-01903008     Document Type: Article

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