Saskia Sassen
Dutch-American sociologist who analyzed globalization, migration, and the making of global cities.
Most quoted
"The global city is a strategic site for the operations of global capital, but also for the formation of new types of social inequalities and new forms of political agency."
— from The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo, 1991
"Globalization is not just about the global; it is also about the national and the local, and the specific ways in which these scales are reconfigured."
— from The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo, 1991
"The global city is not simply a place where global processes are concentrated; it is also a place where these processes are produced and reproduced."
— from The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo, 1991
All quotes by Saskia Sassen (102)
The global city is a space where the global and the local are not separate, but deeply intertwined.
The global city is a site for the articulation of new claims and new rights.
The global city is a space where the global is not just an abstract concept, but a lived reality.
The global city is a key site for understanding the challenges and opportunities of globalization.
The global city is a space where the global and the local are constantly interacting and transforming each other.
The global city is a site for the production of new forms of governance and new modes of regulation.
The global city is a space where the global is not just an economic phenomenon, but also a social and cultural one.
The global city is a crucial site for understanding the future of urban life in a globalized world.
The global city is a space where the global and the local are not just coexisting, but actively shaping each other.
The global city is a site for the production of new forms of knowledge and new ways of knowing.
The global city is a space where the global is not just a top-down process, but also a bottom-up one.
The global city is a crucial site for understanding the dynamics of power in a globalized world.
The global city is a space where the global and the local are not just connected, but deeply integrated.
The global city is a site for the production of new forms of identity and new senses of belonging.
The global city is a space where the global is not just a force of homogenization, but also of differentiation.
The global city is a crucial site for understanding the challenges of social justice in a globalized world.
The global city is a space where the global and the local are not just interacting, but constantly being remade.
The global city is a site for the production of new forms of resistance and new movements for change.
The global city is a space where the global is not just a set of abstract forces, but a concrete reality.
The global city is a crucial site for understanding the future of democracy in a globalized world.
Contemporaries of Saskia Sassen
Other Sociologys born within 50 years of Saskia Sassen (1947).