| Globalization and Its Discontents Contributor(s): Sassen, Saskia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1565843959 ISBN-13: 9781565843950 Publisher: New Press OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: Is globalization killing off the nation state? Columbia University Professor of Urban Planning Saskia Sassen elucidates the opaque dealings that both weaken and strengthen the national idea. What emerges from Sassen's review is a portrait of a radical global concentration of resources and might--with a diminishment of accountability. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Business & Economics | Econometrics - Business & Economics | International - Economics |
| Dewey: 327 |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.37" W x 9.49" (1.29 lbs) 253 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Saskia Sassen is an internationally recognized expert on globalization whose writings have appeared in journals and magazines worldwide. Globalization and Its Discontents is a collection of Sassen's essays dealing with topics such as the global city, gender and migration (reconceived as the globalization of labor), information technology, and the new dynamics of inequality. Sassen brings together cultural and literary studies, feminist theory, political economics, sociology, and political science, showing how vast the chasm between metropolitan business centers and low-income inner cities has become. Incisive and original, she takes on common political, cultural, and economic misconceptions of globalization and offers a thoughtful, provocative new look at our increasingly global society. |