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Saskia Sassen is a Dutch-born American sociologist known for research on globalization, migration, inequality, and the organization of economic power across borders. Her 1991 book The Global City examined New York, London, and Tokyo as strategic command points within the world economy and helped establish the term "global city" in contemporary sociology. Her work is intended for scholars and students of cities, political economy, and transnational processes.
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Saskia Sassen ranks #28 of 245 in the Sociologist ranking, behind Howard Becker, ahead of Talcott Parsons.
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What cities did Saskia Sassen analyze in The Global City?
Sassen's 1991 book focused on New York, London, and Tokyo. She argued that these cities functioned as strategic command points for finance and specialized services in an increasingly global economy.
What does Sassen mean by a global city?
A global city is not simply a very large city or national capital. In Sassen's framework, it concentrates the firms, financial markets, expertise, and infrastructure used to coordinate economic activity across borders.
How does Saskia Sassen connect globalization with inequality?
Sassen argues that global cities create both highly paid professional work and large amounts of low-wage service labor. This polarization can deepen inequality even while a city becomes richer and more internationally connected.
What is expulsion in Saskia Sassen's sociology?
In Expulsions, published in 2014, Sassen examines systems that push people, livelihoods, and parts of the biosphere outside ordinary social and economic protections. Examples include displacement, mass incarceration, land acquisition, and environmental destruction.
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