A Sociology of Globalization

A Sociology of Globalization

Saskia Sassen

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This groundbreaking study focuses on the importance of place, scale, and nation to the study of globalization. Sassen identifies two sets of processes that make up globalization: the first and more commonly studied set of processes is global institutions, from the World Trade Organization to the War Crime Tribunals; the second and less frequently explored set of processes occur at the national and local level, including state monetary policy, small-scale activism that has an explicit or implicit global agenda, and local politics. Emphasizing the interplay between global and local phenomena, Sassen insightfully examines new forms and conditions such as global cities, transnational communities, and commodity chains. This unique approach to globalization offers new interpretive and analytic tools to understand the complexity of global interdependence. Sociology of Globalization is part of the Contemporary Societies series.

Categories:
Society, Politics & Philosophy – Sociology

Year:
2007

Edition:
1

Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company

Language:
english

Pages:
316

ISBN 10:
0393927261

ISBN 13:
9780393927269

Series:
Contemporary Societies Series

File:
PDF, 22.78 MB