A Sociology of Globalization

by Saskia Sassen

Book Overview

Sassen identifies two sets of processes that make up globalization: the first and more commonly studied set of processes is global institutions, from the World Trade Organization to the War Crime Tribunals; the second and less frequently explored set of processes occur at the national and local level, including state monetary policy, small-scale activism that has an explicit or implicit global agenda, and local politics. Emphasizing the interplay...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393927261
• ISBN13: 9780393927269
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 8.2"