Cities, Glocality & Business Politics: A Reflective Learning Journal

This learning journal delves into the intricate relationship between cities, glocality, and the politics of business, addressing the ongoing debate surrounding privatization versus public sector management in urban development. It highlights the necessity for elective institutions capable of managing the complexities of an interconnected world while preserving popular governance. The journal emphasizes the increasing integration of urban communities into global cultural, commercial, and communication networks, facilitated by deliberate cooperation and mutual agreement. It also explores the concept of city 'glocality,' where urban populations engage locally and coordinate internationally, fostering realism and innovation. Cosmopolitanism is presented as a response, envisioning city dwellers with interconnected networks that transcend borders and central power structures. The journal references key works discussing smart cities, environmental issues, and the role of mayors in global governance.

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Questions for brainstorming
1. What is the topic of this session of Cities, glocality and the politics of business?
2. What are the key points of Cities, glocality and the politics of business?
3. What do I seek to learn from Cities, glocality and the politics of business?
4. What all do I need to read up to achieve my goal from learning information over
Cities, glocality and the politics of business?
5. How can I use it for myself in the future?
Learnings
There is a major debate nowadays regarding cities and privatisation if it is beneficial for
everyone or is the public sector more appropriate. Our first political test today, according to
state protection against cross-border efforts, is to find or build elective institutions that are
capable of dealing with the duplicating problems in an associated world, without abandoning
the popular government which the country countries normally prove(Clarke, 2013). To avoid
both anarchic types of globalisation, such as war and psychological warfare, and monopolies,
for instance, in the world, we have to have the major global governing bodies that are ready
to deal with the world's difficulties in an ever-dependent world. Urban communities are
gradually organised into cultural, commercial and correspondence networks around the
globe(Easton, 2010). These systems and pleasant buildings, which illustrate that they can get
benefit from external support to do what they do now casually: manage through deliberate
cooperation and common agreement. Without chance that civic presidents have governed the
world, in the meantime, more than 3.5 billion people, which are urban people and much more
in past exurban neighborhoods, can participate locally and coordinate internationally a
supernatural event of city "glocality" promising realism, instead of governmental issues,
advancement rather than governmental issues (Kieselbach, 2017). The state once exerted

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responsibility, but it proved too far late for even considering allowing significant cooperation,
even though it remains too small to consider dealing with concentrated global power.
Cosmopolitanism responds by imagining the people who really live in city areas, which have
interest and networks still possible and which cross outskirts and contain focal power.

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References:
Clarke, R. Y. (2013). Smart cities and the internet of everything: The foundation for
delivering next-generation citizen services. Alexandria, VA, Tech. Rep [Print]
Easton, T. A., (2010). Taking Sides. Clashing views on environmental issues. McGraw-Hill:
Boston, ISBN: 9780073514451; 0073514454
Kieselbach, J. A. (2017). Benjamin R. Barber: If Mayors Ruled the World. In Schlüsselwerke
der Stadtforschung (pp. 15-29). Springer VS, Wiesbaden Retrieved from
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-10438-2_2