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010 _a 2017060768
020 _a9781506362618 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 _a20313066
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cAEA-IRC
042 _apcc
050 0 0 _aHT 321
_b.Sa79 2019
100 1 _aSassen, Saskia,
_eauthor.
_934075
245 1 0 _aCities in a world economy /
_cSaskia Sassen, Columbia University.
250 _aFifth Edition.
260 _aThousand Oaks :
_bSAGE Publications,
_cc2019.
264 1 _aThousand Oaks :
_bSAGE Publications,
_cc2019.
300 _axxv, 413 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRevised edition of the author's Cities in a world economy, c2012.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPlace 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.
520 _aThe book 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 also features a cross-disciplinary approach to urban sociology using global examples and examines the impact of global processes on the social structure of cities. --
_bFrom the Publisher
650 0 _aUrban economics.
_934076
650 0 _aMetropolitan areas
_vCross-cultural studies.
_934077
650 0 _aCities and towns
_vCross-cultural studies.
_934078
650 0 _aSociology, Urban.
_934079
942 _2lcc
_cBK
999 _c9127
_d9127