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Saskia Sassen

    January 5, 1947

    Saskia Sassen is a sociologist renowned for her analyses of globalization and international human migration. Her work delves into the impacts of economic restructuring and how the movement of labor and capital shapes urban life. She also examines the influence of communication technology on governance, observing the diminishing control of nation-states over these developments. Sassen coined the term 'global city' and her writings explore transnationalism and immigration with profound insights.

    A Sociology of Globalization
    Cities in a World Economy
    The Global City
    Losing Control?
    The Global City. New York, London, Tokyo
    Territory, authority, rights from medieval to global assemblages
    • Ausgrenzungen

      Brutalität und Komplexität in der globalen Wirtschaft

      Eine klare und harte Kritik der Wirtschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts Zunehmende Ungleichheit, krasse Einkommensunterschiede, Flüchtlinge, Zerstörung von Land, Wasserknappheit: Die aktuellen Verwerfungen in der globalisierten Welt können nicht mehr mit den üblichen Begriffen von Armut und Ungerechtigkeit verstanden werden. In ihrem neuen Buch schlägt die renommierte Soziologin Saskia Sassen vor, dass man sie viel besser als Ausgrenzungen verstehen muss: aus dem Berufsleben, dem Wohnort, aus der Biosphäre. Erst dieser gemeinsame Gesichtspunkt macht eine luzide politische Analyse möglich, welche die grundlegende Logik und den Zusammenhang dieser scheinbar getrennten Effekte sichtbar macht.

      Ausgrenzungen2015
      4.0
    • Argues that even while globalization is best understood as denationalization, it continues to be shaped, channeled, and enabled by institutions and networks originally developed with nations in mind, such as the rule of law. This book also examines particular intersections of the digital technologies with territory, authority, and rights.

      Territory, authority, rights from medieval to global assemblages2008
      4.2
    • Saskia Sassen is Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics.

      Deciphering the Global2007
    • A Sociology of Globalization

      • 308 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      In her groundbreaking book, sociologist Saskia Sassen identifies two sets of processes that make up globalization. One is the set of global institutions, such as the World Trade Organization, global financial markets, the War Crimes Tribunals and the new global cosmopolitanism. However, there is a second set of processes, frequently ignored by most social scientists, that occur on the national and local level. These processes can include state monetary and fiscal policy, networks of activists engaged in local struggles that have an explicit or implicit global agenda, and local and national politics that are unknowingly part of global networks containing similar localized efforts. Sassen's new book focuses on the importance of place, scale and the meaning of the national to study globalization. By emphasizing the interplay between the global and the local, A Sociology of Globalization introduces readers to new forms and conditions such as global cities, transnational communities and commodity chains that are increasingly common. Sassen's expanded approach to globalization offers new interpretive and analytic tools to understand the complex ideas of global interdependence.

      A Sociology of Globalization2007
      3.5
    • The Global City

      New York, London, Tokyo - Second Edition

      • 480 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      A work that chronicles how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers for the global economy and in the process underwent a series of massive and parallel changes. schovat popis

      The Global City2001
      3.8
    • Guests and Aliens

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      The book offers an in-depth exploration of migration and refugee movements, drawing on extensive research and expertise from a prominent authority in the field. It examines historical patterns, key events, and the socio-political factors that have shaped migration trends over time, providing valuable insights into the challenges faced by migrants and the implications for societies worldwide.

      Guests and Aliens1999
    • La ciudad global

      Nueva York, Londres, Tokio

      • 458 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      Massive and parallel changes have occurred in New York City since the late 1970s and in London and Tokyo since the early 1980s. What transformed these urban centers, with their diverse histories, into "global cities" that share comparable economic and social structures? Saskia Sassen argues that their remarkable similarity arises from their position as command posts in international finance and advanced services for business.

      La ciudad global1999
    • Fuori controllo. Mercati finanziari contro Stati nazionali

      Come cambia la geografia del potere

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      In a world of free trade, the Internet and mass migration, national borders seem to matter less and less. What implications does this hold for citizenship, sovereignty and other old-fashioned features of political and economic life? Sassen says that we're headed for a future of international mediating organizations like the United Nations and the European Community. She hesitates to make sweeping judgments, but ably lays out the possible contours of the next world order. A good companion to Kenichi Ohmae's The End of the Nation State.

      Fuori controllo. Mercati finanziari contro Stati nazionali1998
      3.0