Sassen, Saskia. <br/><br/>
Globalization and its discontents 
Saskia Sassen. 
 - New York  New Press  c1998. 
 - xxxvi, 253 p.  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-241) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Introduction: Whose city is it? Globalization and the formation of new claims -- 2. The de facto transnationalizing of immigration policy -- 3. America's immigration "problem" -- 4. Economic internationalization: the new migration in Japan and the United States -- 5. Toward a feminist analytics of the global economy -- 6. Notes on the incorporation of Third World women into wage labor through immigration and offshore production -- 7. Service employment regimes and the new inequality -- 8. The informal economy: between new developments and old regulations -- 9. Electronic space and power -- 10. The state and the global city: notes toward a conception of place-centered governance. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1565843959 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>International business enterprises<br/>International economic relations