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Saskia Sassen

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Born: January 04 1949

Saskia Sassen is a Dutch sociologist noted for her analyses of globalization and international human migration. She is currently Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and Centennial visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. Sassen coined the term global city.

After being a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, Sassen held various academic positions both in and outside the USA, such as the Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. She is currently Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and Centennial Visiting Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Sociology at the London School of Economics.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Sassen emerged as a prolific author in urban sociology. She studied the impacts of globalisation such as economic restructuring, and how the movements of labour and capital influence urban life. She also studied the influence of communication technology on governance. Sassen observed how nation states begin to lose power to control these developments, and she studied increasing general transnationalism, including transnationalhuman migration. She identified and described the phenomenon of the global city. Her 1991 book bearing this title quickly made her a frequently quoted author on globalisation worldwide. A revised and updated edition of her book was published in 2001. She currently is pursuing her research and writing on immigration and globalization, with her "denationalization" and "transnationalism" projects . Sassen's books have been translated into 21 languages.

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Saskia Sassen

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Books from Saskia Sassen

The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo

Cities in a World Economy (Sociology for a New Century)

A Sociology of Globalization

The Mobility of Labor and Capital: A Study in International Investment and Labor Flow

SG100?: Leading Thinkers Envision Singapore in 2065

Los espectros de la globalización

Quo Vadis Amerika?: Die Welt nach Bush

Densidades

¿Quién se preocupa por las ciudades chilenas? Who cares for chilean cities?

People Out of Place: Globalization, Human Rights and the Citizenship Gap

Territorio, autoridad y derechos: De los ensamblajes medievales a los ensamblajes globales

Cities in Transition: Power, Environment, Society

The Future of the City (Spring/Summer 2012) (Journal of International Affairs)

Contrageografias de la Globalizacion. Genero y Ciudadania en los Circuitos Transfronterizos

Governance in the New Global Disorder: Politics for a Post-Sovereign Society

Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages

Global Networks, Linked Cities

¿Perdiendo el control? La soberanía en la era de la globalización

Politics of Public Space Volume 2

Open: Hybrid Space: How Wireless Media Mobilize Public Space; No. 11 [With CD-ROM]