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Cities in a World Economy 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 features a cross-disciplinary approach to urban sociology using global examples, and discusses the impact of global processes on the social structure of cities. The Fifth Edition reflects the most current data available and show more explores recent debates such as the role of cities in mitigating environmental problems, the global refugee crisis, Brexit, and the rise of Donald Trump in the United States. show lessTags
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Saskia Sassen is professor of sociology and a member of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, and Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is the author of The Global City (Princeton) and Globalization and Its Discontents, and coeditor of Digital Formations (Princeton). She has show more written for the New York Times, Financial Times, and International Herald Tribune show less
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- Cities in a World Economy
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- Sociology, Economics, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
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- 330.91732 — Society, government, & culture Economics Jobs & Careers Economic geography and history Other Geographic Classifications Socioeconomic Regions By Population Density Urban
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- HT321 .S28 — Social sciences Communities. Classes. Races Communities. Classes. Races Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology The city as an economic factor. City
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