Correspondence should be addressed to saskia sassen, department of sociology, columbia university, ny 10027. Saskia sassen born in the hague, january 5, 1949 is a dutch sociologist noted for her analyses of globalization and international human migration. Saskia sassen literally wrote the book on global cities back in 2001 though her global cities work dates back well over a decade prior to that book. Saskia sassen the specialisation of global cities youtube. New york, london, tokyo has shaped the concepts and methods that other theorists have used to analyse the role of cities and their. Pdf saskia sassens concept of global city apoorva gupta. There is a tendency in that account to take the existence of a global economic system as a given, a function of the power of transnational corporations and. The global city saskia sassen understanding society. New york london tokyo they are the homes, for instance, of the worlds top stock exchanges where investors buy and sell shares in major corporations. Saskia sassen is professor of sociology and of the social sciences at the university of chicago. She demonstrates how vast the chasm between metropolitan business centers and lowincome inner cities has become, bringing together cultural. She is the author of several books and the recipient of diverse awards and mentions, ranging from multiple doctor honoris causa to named lectures and being selected for various honors lists. Her other books include guests and aliens, the mobility of labor and capital, losing control, and globalization and its discontents. Saskia sassen elements in a new conceptual architecture the globalization of economic activity entails a new type of organizational structure.
Then came 8 years of endless data analyses and exciting. I posited that the global city was a production function inserted in complex existing cities, albeit a function with a vast shadow effect over a city s larger space. She has written 12 books that deal with a vast range of issues relating to globalisation. The master images in the currently dominant account about economic globalization emphasize. It became an effort to detect a new, somewhat elusive formation deep inside major cities. New york, london, tokyo 1991 has shaped the concepts and methods that other theorists have used to analyze the role of cities and their networks in the contemporary world. New york, london, tokyo ebook written by saskia sassen. This body of work seems to be unified by a basic underlying position, namely that the study of globalization is to take urban geography seriously, and with this place the city or city networks at the centre.
Saskia sassen is the ralph lewis professor of sociology at the. One ofthe key properties ofthe current phase is the ascendance of information technologies and the associated. Sassen s first major book, the mobility of labor and capital 1988 was followed by the modern classic, the global city, first published in 1991 and updated in 2001. Saskia sassen, a leading urban theorists and a publically engaged scholar, has analysed the phenomena of globalization and global city on multiple scales in her works. Norton 2007, and the 4th fully updated edition of cities in a world economy sage 2011.
There is a tendency in that account to take the existence. Saskia sassen is widely recognised as one of the leading theorists on globalisation, and is perhaps best known for her comprehensive work on the global city. The global city defining the global city saskia sassen popularized the term global city she initially identified 3 global cities. Saskia sassen university of virginia school of architecture. New york, london tokyo, princeton, 1991 nueva edicion. In this short filmed interview, second in a series produced during the conference decoding asian urbanism held at the south asian institute at harvard univ. Today we have about 40 global cities, with five major ones at the top besides new york, london, tokyo, paris and frankfurt and then several levels of such cities. Pdf power, mobility and diaspora in the global city. Saskia sassen january 1, 2004 mainstream representations of todays advanced urban economies capture only part of what these. Many of our ebooks are available for purchase from.
Here are several prior posts that intersect with her work. Lisa rated globalizatio really liked it nov 19, oxford university press is a department of the university of oxford. Sep 28, 2018 global city makers provides an indepth account of the role of powerful economic actors in making and unmaking global cities. In these first two books she laid out a novel theory of the emerging global economic matrix. There is a tendency to take the existence of a global economic system as a given, a function of the power of. The scope of this endeavor is quite staggering and she has to bring an number of different fields under the same conceptual umbrella in order to capture the elusive character of the city. The space constituted by the worldwide grid of global cities, a space with new. She has written 12 books that deal with a vast range of issues relating to globalisation, from immigration, state sovereignty, and the. Globalization and digitization have brought with them an incipient unbundling of. Strategic sitenew frontier saskia sassen the master images in the currently dominant account about economic globalization emphasize hypermobility, global communications, the neutralization of place and distance.
Jun 22, 2016 correspondence should be addressed to saskia sassen, department of sociology, columbia university, ny 10027. Lynd professor of sociology and former chair, committee on global thought, columbia university. The global city has had an exceptionally broad impact across the disciplines. Cities in a world economy, 5th fully updated edition sage. Lynd professor of sociology and cochairs the committee on global thought, columbia university. Strategic sitenew frontier saskia sassen the master images in the currently dominant account about economic globalization emphasize hypermobility, global communications, the neutraliza tion of place and distance. Enabling economic intermediation and bearing its costs created date. Sassen, 1998, immigration trends and policies sassen, 1999 and global changes in state power and political sovereignty sassen, 1996. There is a tendency in that account to take the existence of a global economic system as a given, a function of the power of transnational corporations and global. Apr 04, 2021 we hear a lot of talk these days about socalled global cities. Sep 15, 20 saskia sassen is the leading urban theorist of the global world.
Strategic sitenew frontier find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Who owns our cities and why this urban takeover should. What distinguishes sassen s theoretical framework is the emphasis on the formation of crossborder dynamics through which these cities and the growing number of other global cities begin to form strategic transnational networks. Sovereignty in an age of globalization, the schoff memorial lectures columbia. She identified and described the phenomenon of the global city. Brutality and complexity in the global economy harvard university press, 2014. In this collection of essays, saskia sassen deals with such current topics as the global city, gender and migration, information technology, and the new dynamics of inequality. Strategic sitenew frontier saskia sassen the master images in the currently dominant account about economic globalization. Saskia sassen is widely recognised as one of the leading theorists on globalisation, and is perhaps best known for her comprehensive work on the global city sassen, 2001.
If lhe chapters of saskia sassen s newest book globalization and itsdiscontents sound familiar, they may be. As the global economy expands so does the number of cities in the network. Global city came out in a new fully updated edition in 2001. 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. Others consider some cities global because theyre great places to live in. The benefit you get by reading this book is actually information inside. Sep 16, 2001 the global city by saskia sassen, 9780691070636, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Engaging critically and constructively with global urban studies from a relational economic geography perspective, the book outlines a renewed agenda for global cities research.
Saskia sassen columbia university in the city of new york. Leading urban sociologist saskia sassen who identified the global cities dynamic argued that new and tacit patterns of ownership are having a negative im. Thus, in all the global cities of the north, the weight of both. The most strategic instantiation of this unbundling is probably the global. In that earlier period of the 1980s, the most famous cases illustrating the ascendance of intermediate functions. All content in this area was uploaded by saskia sassen. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the global city. Saskia sassen s research and writing focuses on globalization including social, economic and political dimensions, immigration, global cities including cities and terrorism, the new networked technologies, and changes within the liberal state that result from current transnational conditions. But it is nonetheless one way in which cities can become part of the live infrastructure of global civil society. That is an inter esting question to ask me i would select two types of cities. Download pdf did you struggle to get access to this article. Strategic site, new frontier saskia sassen the master images in the currently dominant account of economic globalization emphasize hypermobility, global communications and the neutralization of place and distance. All content in this area was uploaded by saskia sassen on feb 27, 2020. Pdf on jan 1, 2000, saskia sassen published the global city.
P, m d in g c a s columbia university in the city of new york. For centuries, the world economy has shaped the life of cities. Nov 24, 2015 saskia sassen this article is more than 5 years old the huge postcredit crunch buying up of urban buildings by corporations has significant implications for equity, democracy and rights. Lynd professor of sociology and member of the committee on global thought at columbia university. From medieval to global assemblages princeton university press 2008, a sociology of globalizationw.
Jun 22, 2016 contesting the widespread notion in the 1980s that place no longer mattered to highly digitized economic sectors turned out to be the first step towards conceptualizing the global city function. Saskia sassen born january 5, 1947 is a dutchamerican sociologist noted for her analyses of globalization and international human migration. Lynd professor of sociology at columbia university and centennial visiting professor at the london school of economics. What distinguishes sassen s theoretical framework is the emphasis on the formation of crossborder dynamics through which these cities and the growing number of other. Saskia sassen on how the powerless can hack global cities.
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