Cities in a World Economy by Saskia Sassen Requirements: .ePUB reader, 6.2 MBOverview: The Fourth Edition of Cities in a World Economy shows how certain characteristics of flows of money, information, and people have led to the emergence of a new social formation: global cities, new types of migrations, financial crises, environmental catastrophes, and the […]
Cities at War: Global Insecurity and Urban Resistance by Mary Kaldor & Saskia Sassen (eds.)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 5 MBOverview: Warfare in the twenty-first century goes well beyond conventional armies and nation-states. In a world of diffuse conflicts taking place across sprawling cities, war has become fragmented and uneven to match its settings. Yet the analysis […]
The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo by Saskia Sassen Requirements: .PDF reader, 15,7 MbOverview: 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 […]
Cities in a World Economy by Saskia Sassen Requirements: .ePUB Reader | 6.1 MBOverview: The Fourth Edition of Cities in a World Economy shows how certain characteristics of flows of money, information, and people have led to the emergence of a new social formation: global cities, new types of migrations, financial crises, environmental catastrophes, and […]