"A multi-disciplinary tour de force that should be read not only by regional economists but also by urban geographers, sociologists, and planners. It incorporates a herculean research effort."-Susan Fainstein, Journal of the American Planning Association are sobering."-Rudolf Klein, Times Literary Supplement "The most detailed and sophisticated anatomy yet published of the functioning of the new producer services sector in the global economy."-Mark Levine, Urban Affairs Quarterly "A landmark study in the political economy of cities."-Anthony King, Newsline Sassen shows how dangerously city life has been affected by the influx of employees of the multinational firms which move into major cities and virtually colonize them, riving even greater wedges between the rich and poor."- The Observer " high-powered and at times horrific book. A systematic detailed analysis of the three largest urban economies in the advanced world."-Peter Hall, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Cities are ranked as either Alpha, Beta, Gamma, High. Another of the most prolific ranking systems is produced by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC). "This is brilliant stuff, both in its broadness of sociological scope and its voluminous collection of data from a vast number of sources in the three cities."-Scott Lash, The Times Higher Education Supplement The AT Kearney Global Cities Index (top 10) ranks cities as such New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Chicago, Los Angeles, Beijing, Washington D.C.
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