This groundbreaking study focuses on the                 importance of place, scale, and  nation to the                    study of  globalization.  Sassen identifies two        sets of processes that make up  globalization:                    the first and  more commonly studied set of   processes is global institutions, from the  World                Trade Organization to the  War Crime Tribunals;                    the  second and less frequently explored set of             processes occur at the national and  local level,                including state  monetary policy, small-scale  activism that has an explicit or implicit global                agenda, and local politics.  Emphasizing the                       interplay  between global and local phenomena,       Sassen insightfully examines new forms and                      conditions such as global  cities, transnational  communities, and commodity chains. This unique                 approach to globalization offers  new                             interpretive and analytic tools to understand  the complexity of global                 interdependence.  Sociology  of Globalization is                  part  of the Contemporary Societies series.

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