Place-based leadership beyond place: Exploring the international dimension of civic leadership

Hambleton, Robin

Abstract

A consequence of globalisation is that place-less leaders, meaning people who are not expected to care about the consequences of their decisions for particular places and communities, have gained extraordinary power and influence. This paper explores the way various structural forces shape the political space available to city and city region leaders. A conceptual framework, New Civic Leadership, is presented. This aims to throw light on the way local leaders co-create new solutions to public problems by uniting the efforts of the various realms of leadership found within a place. Attention then turns to consider the reasons why city and regional leaders are becoming increasingly active in international city-to-city networking, learning and exchange. A discussion of the emergence and development of a relatively new international network, the Global Parliament of Mayors, helps to identify challenges and insights for leadership beyond place and, more specifically, the potential of city diplomacy for advancing the power of place.

Citation

Hambleton, R. (2019, June). Place-based leadership beyond place: Exploring the international dimension of civic leadership. Paper presented at City Futures IV 2019, Dublin, Ireland

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: City Futures IV 2019
• Conference Location: Dublin, Ireland
• Start Date: Jun 20, 2019
• End Date: Jun 22, 2019
• Acceptance Date: Feb 8, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 15, 2019
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 1-16
• Keywords: city diplomacy, city leadership, global parliament of mayors, international networking, place-based leadership, place-less power
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1493854
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : City Futures IV Conference: Dublin 2019