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Saskia Sassen

Saskia Sassen

Saskia Sassen is the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, where she also co-chairs the Committee on Global Thought. Her books have been translated into 21 languages and include, most recently, A Sociology of Globalization (2007), Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages (2008), and the fourth, fully updated edition of Cities in a World Economy (2011). icon

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The Big Picture: Defending Open Cities

By Saskia Sassen

Cities have distinctive capacities to transform conflict into the civic. In contrast, national governments tend to militarize conflict. This does not mean that cities are peaceful spaces. On the ...

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