Saskia Sassen: 13 books

What determines the flow of labor and capital in this new global information economy? Who has the capacity to coordinate this new system, to create some measure of order? What happens to territoriality and sovereignty, two fundamental principles of the modern state? And who gains rights and who loses...

Where does the nation-state end and globalization begin? In Territory, Authority, Rights, one of the world's leading authorities on globalization shows how the national state made today's global era possible. Saskia Sassen argues that even while globalization is best understood as "denationalization,"...

Income inequality, displaced and imprisoned populations, destruction of land and water: today's dislocations cannot be understood in the usual terms of poverty and injustice, Saskia Sassen argues. They are more accurately understood as expulsions--from professional livelihood, from living space, from the very biosphere that makes life possible.

We are living in an age of crisis—or an age in which everything is labeled a crisis. Financial, debt, and refugee “crises” have erupted. The word has also been applied to the Arab Spring and its aftermath, Brexit, the 2016 U.S. election, and many other international events. Yet the term has...

Eine klare und harte Kritik der Wirtschaft des 21. JahrhundertsZunehmende 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...

Die heute fast vergessenen europäischen Arbeitsmigrationen des 19. Jahrhunderts sind fester Bestandteil der Industrialisierungsgeschichte Europas. Ohne die westfälischen "Hollandgänger", die italienischen Eisenbahnarbeiter und die Migranten, die von überall her nach Paris zogen, um dort...

This classic work 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. What distinguishes Sassen's theoretical framework is the emphasis on the formation of cross-border dynamics through which...

On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States. But the victories of the Obama administration hid from view fundamental problems deeply rooted in American social institutions and history. The election’s consequences...

Stream 03 focuses on the phenomenon of rapid urbanization of the planet, now synonymous with globalization. We live in a time of mutation: the population boom concentrates humanity to major global cities, making them the main venue for problem resolution - between environmental awareness and the constant...

Public sociology—an approach to sociology that aims to communicate with and actively engage wider audiences—has been one of the most widely discussed topics in the discipline in recent years. The Handbook of Public Sociology presents a comprehensive look at every facet of public sociology in theory...

Cities in a World Economy, Fifth Edition** examines the emergence of global cities as a new social formation. As sites of rapid and widespread developments in the areas of finance, information and people, global cities lie at the core of the major processes of globalization. The book reflects the...

Este libro ofrece una visión general del pensamiento feminista y muestra cómo esta forma de conocimiento obliga a repensar las Ciencias Sociales, particularmente la Sociología. Habida cuenta de la variedad de temas abordados desde el feminismo, así como de la existencia, dentro de éste, de diversos...

Stream 03 se penche sur les enjeux de l’urbanisation accélérée de la planète, qui accompagne sa mondialisation. Nous vivons une période de mutation : l’explosion démographique concentre l’humanité dans les grandes métropoles globales et en fait le principal lieu de résolution des défis...