The Role of Global Metropolises as New Actors in International Community

Globalne metropole (ali globalna mesta) postajajo vplivni gospodarski, politični in kulturni centri globaliziranega sveta. Niso le središča koncentracije delovne sile, znanja in inovacij, tvorijo tudi paralelne strukture globalnega vladovanja, pri čemer izkoriščajo tako privilegije držav gostiteljic, kot tudi sredstva iz povezanosti v globalno mrežo multinacionalnih korporacij. Glede na svoje delovanje so izrazito globalni akterji, ki pa jih znotraj discipline Mednarodnih odnosov velikokrat uvrščamo med zgolj lokalne, subnacionalne akterje. V magistrskem delu s študijami primerov, primerjalno analizo ter statistično analizo korelacij moči mest in držav gostiteljic, analiziram dojemanje prostora (dimenzij lokalnosti in globalnosti) v disciplini Mednarodnih odnosov ter raziskujem procese ter funkcije globalnih mest, ki jim v strukturi globalnih akterjev prinašajo vedno večjo relevantnost.Global metropolises (or global cities) are taking on a role of influential economic, political and cultural centres of the globalized world. They are not merely koncentrations of workforce, knowledge and inovations, but also form paralel structures of global governance, using privileges of their host states, as well as assests from their connectedness in global multinational corporation networks. In International relations discipline they are oftentimes overlooked as subnational, local actors, despite the fact they display a highly global activity. In this thesis I employ case studies, comparative analyses and a statistical analysis of correlation between city power and its host state power, to analize the perception of space (local and global dimensions) in International relations discipline and research the processes and functions of global cities, which increase their relevance in the structure of global actors