Saskia Sassen è una sociologa rinomata per le sue analisi della globalizzazione e della migrazione umana internazionale. Il suo lavoro approfondisce gli impatti della ristrutturazione economica e come il movimento di manodopera e capitale plasmi la vita urbana. Esamina anche l'influenza della tecnologia della comunicazione sulla governance, osservando il diminuire del controllo degli stati-nazione su questi sviluppi. Sassen ha coniato il termine 'città globale' e i suoi scritti esplorano il transnazionalismo e l'immigrazione con profonde intuizioni.
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.
Where does the nation-state end and globalization begin? In this insightful exploration, one of the leading authorities on globalization illustrates how the national state has facilitated the current global era. The author argues that while globalization is often viewed as "denationalization," it is still influenced by institutions and networks originally developed with nations in mind, such as the rule of law and private authority. This state-making process has generated capabilities that enable the global era, which are now utilized by new organizing actors beyond nation-states for different purposes. The examination focuses on how three fundamental components of society—territory, authority, and rights—have evolved and interacted across three major historical contexts: the medieval, the national, and the global.
The work is divided into three parts. The first part traces the emergence of territoriality in the Middle Ages and discusses monarchical divinity as a precursor to sovereign authority. The second part analyzes the economic, legal, technological, and political conditions shaping new organizing logics. The final part explores the intersections of new digital technologies with territory, authority, and rights. Rich in detail and highly accessible, this book offers a comprehensive statement on globalization that will resonate across the social sciences.
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 these cities and the growing number of other global cities begin to form strategic transnational networks. All the core data in this new edition have been updated, while the preface and epilogue discuss the relevant trends in globalization since the book originally came out in 1991.
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 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.
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.
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.
Die vierte Auflage von "Metropolen des Weltmarkts" zeigt, wie bestimmte Merkmale von Geld-, Informations- und Personenströmen zur Entstehung einer neuen sozialen Formation geführt haben: globale Städte, neue Arten von Migrationen, Finanzkrisen, Umweltkatastrophen und die Vervielfachung von Kommunikationstechnologien. Diese Entwicklungen verleihen solchen Aspekten der Urban Sociology wie der Zentralität des Ortes und der Bedeutung von Geografie in unserer sozialen Welt eine neue Bedeutung.
Saskia Sassen beschreibt die Erfahrungen der Migranten ebenso wie die wirtschaftlichen, gesellschaftlichen und politischen Bedingungen und Folgen der Migration. Mit ihrer Geschichte der "Fremden" in Europa zeichnet sie ein ungewohntes Bild: Migration als Chance statt Bedrohung. Zugleich plädiert sie für eine aktuelle Einwanderungs- und Flüchtlingspolitik, die sich an historischen Erfahrungen orientiert. (Quelle: Katalog SBE).
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.
