The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo
This classic work chronicles how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers for the global economy and in the process underwent a series of massive and parallel changes. What distinguishes Sassen's theoretical framework is the emphasis on the formation of cross-border dynamics through which these cities and the growing number of other global cities begin to form strategic transnational networks. All the core data in this new edition have been updated, while the preface and epilogue...
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This classic work chronicles how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers for the global economy and in the process underwent a series of massive and parallel changes. What distinguishes Sassen's theoretical framework is the emphasis on the formation of cross-border dynamics through which these cities and the growing number of other global cities begin to form strategic transnational networks. All the core data in this new edition have been updated, while the preface and epilogue discuss the relevant trends in globalization since the book originally came out in 1991. Susan Fainstein - Journal of the American Planning Association An exciting and persuasive work. It incorporates a herculean research effort.
List of TablesPreface to the New EditionAcknowledgments1Overview3Pt. 1The Geography and Composition of Globalization172Dispersal and New Forms of Centralization233New Patterns in Foreign Direct Investment374Internationalization and Expansion of the Financial Industry65Pt. 2The Economic Order of the Global City855The Producer Services906Global Cities: Postindustrial Production Sites1277Elements of a Global Urban System: Networks and Hierarchies171Pt. 3The Social Order of the Global City1978Employment and Earnings2019Economic Restructuring as Class and Spatial Polarization251In Conclusion32710A New Urban Regime?329Epilogue345App. AClassification of Producer Services U.S., Japanese, and British SIC367App. BDefinitions of Urban Units: Tokyo, London, New York369App. CPopulation of Selected Prefectures and Major Prefectural Cities373App. DTokyo's Land Market374Bibliography383Index435
\ International Journal of Urban and Regional ResearchA very significant book indeed. . . . A systematic detailed analysis of the three largest urban economies in the advanced world.\ — Peter Hall\ \ \ \ \ NewslineA landmark study in the political economy of cities.\ — Anthony King\ \ \ Urban Affairs QuarterlyThe most detailed and sophisticated anatomy yet published of the functioning of the new producer services sector in the global economy.\ — Mark Levine\ \ \ \ \ Times Literary SupplementThe implications of Sassen's research . . . are sobering.\ — Rudolf Klein\ \ \ \ \ Journal of the American Planning AssociationAn exciting and persuasive work. It incorporates a herculean research effort.\ — Susan Fainstein\ \ \ \ \ Development and ChangeA multi-disciplinary tour de force that should be read not only by regional economists but also by urban geographers, sociologists, and planners.\ \ \ \ \ The Times Higher Education SupplementThis is brilliant stuff, both in its broadness of sociological scope and its voluminous collection of data from a vast number of sources in the three cities.\ — Scott Lash\ \ \ \ \ The Observer[A] high-powered and at times horrific book. Sassen shows how dangerously city life has been affected by the influx of employees of the multinational firms which move into major cities and virtually colonize them, riving even greater wedges between the rich and poor.\ \ \ \ \ The Times Higher Education SupplementThis is brilliant stuff, both in its broadness of sociological scope and its voluminous collection of data from a vast number of sources in the three cities.\ \ \ \ \ International Journal of Urban and Regional ResearchA very significant book indeed. . . . A systematic detailed analysis of the three largest urban economies in the advanced world.\ \ \ \ \ NewslineA landmark study in the political economy of cities.\ \ \ \ \ Urban Affairs QuarterlyThe most detailed and sophisticated anatomy yet published of the functioning of the new producer services sector in the global economy.\ \ \ \ \ Times Literary SupplementThe implications of Sassen's research . . . are sobering.\ \ \ \ \ Journal of the American Planning AssociationAn exciting and persuasive work. It incorporates a herculean research effort.\ \
