Abstract

SASSEN, Saskia. A Sociology Of Globalization. anal.polit. [online]. 2007, vol.20, n.61, pp.3-27. ISSN 0121-4705.

In its introduction, the text presents the basis for a sociology of globalization at affi rming that such a phenomenon is comprehensible not only in terms of interdependency and formation of exclusively global institutions but in regard to something within what is national. After overcoming a methodological nationalism it becomes possible to approach a growing number of cases of localization of what is global and others of denationalization of what is national which, meanwhile, opens a wide range of research possibilities in social sciences. Then, a study of global cities as a convenient space to test theoretical assumptions of such a sociology is undertaken since, in those cities, a new transnational geography serving as a space for new transnational politics emerges.

Keywords : sociology-globalization; global economy; transnational politics; global cities.

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