Losing Control?: Sovereignty in the Age of Globalization

Saskia Sassen

"Sassen is particularly concerned with the transformation wrought by globalization on the national state and its basic attributes: sovereignty, exclusive territoriality, and citizenship. She does a fine job of outlining the positive and negative aspects of this process." — World Affairs

Related Subjects

• Political Theory

Series

• Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures

About the Author

Saskia Sassen is professor of urban planning at Columbia University and also serves on the faculty of the School of International and Public Affairs. Among her books are The Mobility of Labor and Capital and The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo. She has received many awards and fellowships and is on the editorial board of the new journal Competition and Change.

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