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.
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