Cities in a world economy / Saskia Sassen, Columbia University.

Revised edition of the author's Cities in a world economy, c2012.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-394) and index.

Place and production in the global economy -- The urban impact of economic globalization -- National and transnational urban systems -- The new urban economy: the intersection of global processes and place -- Issues and case studies in the new urban economy -- The new inequalities within cities -- Global cities and global survival circuits -- The urbanizing of global governance challenges -- A new geography of centers and margins -- References and suggested reading -- Index -- About the author.

Cities in a World Economy, Fifth Edition examines the emergence of global cities as a new social formation. As sites of rapid and widespread developments in the areas of finance, information and people, global cities lie at the core of the major processes of globalization. The book reflects the most current data available and explores recent debates such as the role of cities in mitigating environmental problems, the global refugee crisis, Brexit, and the rise of Donald Trump in the United States.