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Territory, authority, rights : from medieval to global assemblages /
Where does the nation-state end and globalization begin? In Territory, Authority, Rights, one of the world's leading authorities on globalization shows how the national state made today's global era possible. Saskia Sassen argues that even while globalization is best understood as "de...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock :
Princeton University Press,
2008.
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| Edición: | Updated ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Where does the nation-state end and globalization begin? In Territory, Authority, Rights, one of the world's leading authorities on globalization shows how the national state made today's global era possible. Saskia Sassen argues that even while globalization is best understood as "denationalization," it continues to be shaped, channeled, and enabled by institutions and networks originally developed with nations in mind, such as the rule of law and respect for private authority. This process of state making produced some of the capabilities enabling the global era. The difference is that these |
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| Notas: | Originally published: 2006. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 493 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400828593 1400828597 |