{"product_id":"global-networks-linked-cities-paperback","title":"Global Networks, Linked Cities - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSaskia Sassen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her pioneering book The Global City, Saskia Sassen argued that certain cities in the postindustrial world have become central nodes in the new service economy, strategic sites for the acceleration of capital and information flows as well as spaces of increasing socio-economic polarization. One effect has been that such cities have gained in importance and power relative to nation-states. In this new collection of essays, Sassen and a distinguished group of contributors expand on the author's earlier work in a number of important ways, focusing on two key issues. First, they look at how information flows have bound global cities together in networks, creating a global city web whose constituent cities become global through the networks they participate in. Second, they investigate emerging global cities in the developing world-Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Beirut, the Dubai-Iran corridor, and Buenos Aires. They show how these globalizing zones are not only replicating many features of the top tier of global cities, but are also generating new socio-economic patterns as well. These new patterns of development promise to lead to significant changes in the structure of the global economy, as more and more cities worldwide are integrated into globalization's circuitry. Includes contributions from: Linda Garcia, Patrice Riemens, Geert Lovink, Peter Taylor, David Smith, Michael Timberlake, Stephen Graham, Sueli Schiffer Ramos, Christoff Parnreiter, Felicity Gu, David Meyer, Pablo Ciccolella, Iliana Mignaqui, Eric Huybrechts, Ali Parsa. Also includes six maps\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaskia Sassen\u003c\/strong\u003e, Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, is a leading expert on cities and globalizaiton. She has published numerous books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Global\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eCity\u003c\/em\u003e (1991, 2000) \u003cem\u003eCities in a World Economy\u003c\/em\u003e (1994), \u003cem\u003eGlobalization and its Discontents\u003c\/em\u003e (1998), \u003cem\u003eLosing Control?\u003c\/em\u003e (1996), \u003cem\u003eGuests and Aliens\u003c\/em\u003e (1999), and \u003cem\u003eThe Mobility of\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eLabor and Capital\u003c\/em\u003e (1988).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9.08 x 5.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 24, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45341071442022,"sku":"9780415931632","price":121.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/THEyMVRobmxFRXFzd2tVa3RjZU5BUT09.webp?v=1774820996","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/global-networks-linked-cities-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}