Old Borders and New Bordering Capabilities: Cities as Frontier Zones

The global city is a new frontier zone. Deregulation, privatization, and new fiscal and monetary policies create the formal instruments to construct their equivalent of the old military “fort”. The city is also a strategic frontier zone for those who lack power, and allows the making of informal pol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saskia Sassen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2015-12-01
Series:Scienza & Politica
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Online Access:http://scienzaepolitica.unibo.it/article/view/5843