![]() ![]() Sassen argues that a profound transformation is taking place, a partial denationalizing of national territory seen in such agreements as NAFTA and the European Union. ![]() Examining the rise of private transnational legal codes and supranational institutions such as the World Trade Organization and universal human rights covenants, Saskia Sassen argues that sovereignty remains an important feature of the international system, but that it is no longer confined to the nation-state. "A multi-disciplinary tour de force that should be read not only by regional economists but also by urban geographers, sociologists, and planners.What determines the flow of labor and capital in this new global information economy? Who has the capacity to coordinate this new system, to create a measure of order? And what happens to territoriality and sovereignty, two fundamental principles of the modern state? Losing Control? is a major addition to our understanding of these questions. It incorporates a herculean research effort."-Susan Fainstein, Journal of the American Planning Association are sobering."-Rudolf Klein, Times Literary Supplement "The most detailed and sophisticated anatomy yet published of the functioning of the new producer services sector in the global economy."-Mark Levine, Urban Affairs Quarterly "A landmark study in the political economy of cities."-Anthony King, Newsline 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 Observer " high-powered and at times horrific book. A systematic detailed analysis of the three largest urban economies in the advanced world."-Peter Hall, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research "This 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 Times Higher Education Supplement ![]()
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