Global Networks, Linked Cities (Paperback)

In her pioneering book The Global City, Saskia Sassen argued that certain cities in the postindustrial world have become central nodes in the new service economy, strategic sites for the acceleration of capital and information flows as well as spaces of increasing socio-economic polarization. One effect has been that such cities have gained in importance and power relative to nation-states.
In this new collection of essays, Sassen and a distinguished group of contributors expand on the author's earlier work in a number of important ways, focusing on two key issues. First, they look at how information flows have bound global cities together in networks, creating a global city web whose constituent cities become "global" through the networks they participate in. Second, they investigate emerging global cities in the developing world-Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Beirut, the Dubai-Iran corridor, and Buenos Aires.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2002
First published:	2002
Editors:	Saskia Sassen
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-93163-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Promotions
LSN:	0-415-93163-0
Barcode:	9780415931632

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