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Saskia Sassen is an American economist, sociologist, university teacher, and writer. She was born in The Hague and holds citizenship in the United States. Her professional career includes teaching positions at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Columbia University. She is a member of Academia Europaea and speaks English.
Sassen has authored 24 works, including *Global City*, *Capital mobility and labor migration*, *Daheim in fremden Ländern*, *Una sociología de la globalización*, and *Post-industrial employment and third world immigration*. Her field of work is sociology. She received the Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences. She is married to Richard Sennett. She was educated at the University of Buenos Aires, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Poitiers.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Daheim in fremden Ländern
- Capital mobility and labor migration
- Global City
- Una sociología de la globalización
- Una sociología de la globalización
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1947-01-05 ) January 5, 1947 (age 79) , The Hague , Netherlands
- Alma mater
- University of Notre Dame
- Known for
- Studies of globalization , world cities, and international migration , State/Space theory
- Spouse
- Richard Sennett ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1987 )
- Fields
- Sociology , economics
- Institutions
- Columbia University , London School of Economics
- Thesis
- Non-dominant ethnic populations as a possible component of the U.S. political economy: the case of Blacks and Chicanos (1974)
- Website
- www .saskiasassen .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Saskia
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Hague
- Spouse
- Richard Sennett
- Occupation
- researcher
- Educated at
- University of Poitiers
- Employer
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- sociology
- Official website
- www.saskiasassen.com
- Image
- Saskia Sassen (46824286234).jpg
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- Commons category
- Saskia Sassen
- date of birth
- 1949-00-00
- member of
- Academia Europaea
- social media followers
- 54648
- described at URL
- v2.nl/people/saskia-sassen
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Encyclopedic overview
Saskia Sassen (born January 5, 1947) is a Dutch-American sociologist noted for her analyses of globalization and international human migration. She is a professor of sociology at Columbia University in New York City, and the London School of Economics. The term global city was coined and popularized by Sassen in her 1991 work The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo.
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