Understanding Global Cities

July 24, 2020 00:28:37
Understanding Global Cities
Urban Warfare Project
Understanding Global Cities

Jul 24 2020 | 00:28:37

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Show Notes

In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Dr. Saskia Sassen, the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. She is the author of eight books, including Cities in a World Economy and The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo, and the editor or co-editor of three books, most recently Cities at War: Global Insecurity and Urban Resistance. She joins to discuss her research on global cities, a term she coined to describe cities in which a multiplicity of globalization processes assume concrete, localized forms.

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