The city: today’s frontier zone
Cities are complex systems, but they are incomplete systems. All cities are becoming the same, but all cities are competing with each other. Here actors from different worlds meet, but there are no clear rules of engagement. It is in this context that the complex global city becomes a frontier spac...
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Cities are complex systems, but they are incomplete systems. All cities are becoming the same, but all cities are competing with each other. Here actors from different worlds meet, but there are no clear rules of engagement. It is in this context that the complex global city becomes a frontier space with political consequences. Here we can find new hybrid bases from which to act, spaces where the powerless can make history even when they do not get empowered.
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| spelling | doaj-art-fb80000126d44a3fb400f6972d0073992025-08-20T03:20:00ZengMilano University PressGlocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation2283-79492014-11-013The city: today’s frontier zoneSaskia Sassen 0Columbia University Cities are complex systems, but they are incomplete systems. All cities are becoming the same, but all cities are competing with each other. Here actors from different worlds meet, but there are no clear rules of engagement. It is in this context that the complex global city becomes a frontier space with political consequences. Here we can find new hybrid bases from which to act, spaces where the powerless can make history even when they do not get empowered. https://ojs-unimi-test.4science.cloud/index.php/glocalism/article/view/21275frontiersglobal citypowerlessstandardizationmaking history |
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