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More than Food and Folk Music? Geographical Perspectives on European Town Twinning
Author(s) -
Grosspietsch Julia
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
geography compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.587
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 1749-8198
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00238.x
Subject(s) - crystal twinning , context (archaeology) , internationalization , corporate governance , sociology , political science , political economy , geography , archaeology , management , economics , microstructure , materials science , metallurgy , microeconomics
This article considers the widespread phenomenon of town twinning, placing contemporary practices of twinning in the context of a long history of attempts to promote municipal cooperation across international borders. This paper argues that such twinnings can be conceptualised as forms of economic and project‐based cooperation – albeit one underpinned by a range of symbolic exchanges. Locating twinning within debates on the internationalisation and relationality of cities, this paper thus sketches an agenda for research in which twinning is considered a mutable practice of city governance.