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The Global City - Book Review

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[[File:51OnBPIYX4L._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg|thumbnail|300px|left|[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691070636/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0691070636&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=eafff1146e582711568111d384d45dd6 The Global City] by Saskia Sassen]]__NOTOC__
Originally published in 1991, Saskia Sassen’s [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691070636/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0691070636&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=eafff1146e582711568111d384d45dd6 The Global City] sparked debates across disciplines and fields. Arguing that the forces of technological/telecommunication innovation, globalization, and the decline of Fordism combined to deepen dependences on “global cities” such as New York and Tokyo. The dispersal and decentralization that the telecommunications boom was to usher in actually contributed to a centralization process in several global nodes internationally.

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