This study shows that the position of cities in world economy has diverged from national economies. Using data 2016, we evaluate a network 12,802 formed by location decisions 24,355 firms terms their point centrality, and show inter-city inter-national systems have measurably decoupled, disrupting previously-observed pattern which most powerful city system were located core countries, "mid-leve...

from rosana's point of view, following the decline of the dominant role of states in the international arena, the world system has changed from a uni-polar to a multi-polar system. in the new system, there are many independent players. in crease in citizen's knowldge and individual expertise is one of the charactristics of our new world. in this era, legitimacy is no longer derived fr...