Saskia Sassen je socioložka známá svými analýzami globalizace a mezinárodní lidské migrace. Její práce se zaměřuje na dopady globalizace, jako je ekonomická restrukturalizace, a na to, jak pohyby pracovní síly a kapitálu ovlivňují městský život. Zkoumala také vliv komunikačních technologií na vládnutí a pozorovala, jak národní státy ztrácejí kontrolu nad těmito procesy. Sassen popsala fenomén globálního města a je autorkou vlivných studií o transnationalismu a imigraci.
Massive and parallel changes have occurred in New York City since the late 1970s and in London and Tokyo since the early 1980s. What transformed these urban centers, with their diverse histories, into "global cities" that share comparable economic and social structures? Saskia Sassen argues that their remarkable similarity arises from their position as command posts in international finance and advanced services for business.
Relocates the terms of debate surrounding globalization from the heights of global markets, states, and international corporations to the messier, more complex ground of the local, where broad globalizing trends are negotiated in interesting and often unexpected ways. This book employs ethnographies from the United States to Europe and Asia.
Examining the rise of private transnational legal codes and supranational institutions such as the World Trade Organization and universal human rights covenants, Saskia Sassen argues that sovereignty remains an important feature of the international system, but that it is no longer confined to the nation-state. Yet a profound transformation is taking place, a partial de-nationalizing of national territory seen in such agreements as NAFTA and the European Union.
Der Nationalstaat ist die komplexeste Institution, die die Menschheit je hervorgebracht hat, wie Saskia Sassen in ihrer neuen historisch-theoretischen Studie darlegt. Er ist das (Zwischen-)Ergebnis einer Jahrhunderte dauernden Entwicklung von Feudalismus, Kirche und Reich. Doch seine größte Transformation steht gerade erst am Anfang – wir bezeichnen sie als Globalisierung. Sassens Hauptthese lautet: Globalisierung findet in einem weit größeren Maße, als gewöhnlich anerkannt wird, innerhalb des Nationalen statt. Gerade das Nationale ist eine der Schlüsselinstanzen, die eine Entwicklung des globalen Rahmens erst möglich machen. Zugleich besteht ein Großteil der Globalisierung aus enorm vielfältigen Mikroprozessen, die zu entnationalisieren beginnen, was national konstruiert worden war: Politik, Kapital, städtische Räume, zeitliche Strukturen und vieles mehr.
Saskia Sassen is Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics.
Examining the impact of globalization on the nation-state, Saskia Sassen highlights the complex interactions that both undermine and reinforce national identity. Through her analysis, she reveals a troubling concentration of resources and power on a global scale, coupled with a decline in accountability. This exploration provides a critical perspective on the evolving dynamics of governance and sovereignty in an increasingly interconnected world.
Argues that even while globalization is best understood as denationalization, it continues to be shaped, channeled, and enabled by institutions and networks originally developed with nations in mind, such as the rule of law. This book also examines particular intersections of the digital technologies with territory, authority, and rights.
