Saskia Sassen | |
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 Sassen in 2012 | |
| Born | January 5, 1947 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame |
| Known for | Studies of globalization, world cities, and international migration |
| Spouse | Richard Sennett |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sociology, economics |
| Institutions | Columbia University, London School of Economics |
| Thesis | Non-dominant ethnic populations as a possible component of the U.S. political economy: the case of Blacks and Chicanos (1974) |
| Website | www |
Saskia Sassen (born January 5, 1947) is a Dutch-American sociologist noted for her analyses of globalization and international human migration. She is a professor of sociology at Columbia University in New York City, and the London School of Economics. The term global city was coined and popularized by Sassen in her 1991 work, The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo.[1]
- ^ Sassen, Saskia - The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo. Archived 16 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine (1991) - Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-07063-6