Sassen, Saskia

Cities in a world economy / Saskia Sassen - 5th ed. - Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, Inc., c2019. - xxv, 411 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Revised edition of the author's Cities in a world economy, c2012.



Place and production in the global economy -- The urban impact of economic globalization -- National and transnational urban systems -- The new urban economy: the intersection of global processes and place -- Issues and case studies in the new urban economy -- The new inequalities within cities -- Global cities and global survival circuits -- The urbanizing of global governance challenges -- A new geography of centers and margins -- References and suggested reading -- Index -- About the author.

9781506362618

2017060768


Urban economics
Metropolitan areas--Cross-cultural studies
Cities and towns--Cross-cultural studies
Sociology, Urban

330.91732 SA CI