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The Fourth Edition of Cities in a World Economy shows how certain characteristics of flows of money, information, and people have led to the emergence of a new social formation: global cities, new types of migrations, financial crises, environmental catastrophes, and the multiplication of communication technologies. These developments give new meaning to such fixtures of urban sociology as the centrality of place and the importance of geography in our social world.
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In this urban sociology textbook, Sassen (sociology, Columbia University) shows how some cities have evolved into transnational spaces which have more in common with each other than with smaller cities in their own nations. This fourth edition stresses the trend toward inequality in cities; there is a new opening chapter on the impact of environmental problems, the global financial crisis, and cities as strategic sites for asymmetric war. Also new to this edition are five chapter appendices offering maps and data, plus new case studies and new material on global labor markets. Some chapter topics include place and production in the global economy, the urban impact of economic globalization, global cities and global survival circuits, and global govnernance challenges. The text includes 50 pages of references and suggested reading. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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