Introduction. Whose city is it? Globalization and the formation of new claims -- People on the run. The de facto transnationalizing of immigration policy ; America's immigration "problem" ; Economic internationalization: the new migration in Japan and the United States -- Women under fire. Toward a feminist analytics of the global economy ; Notes on the incorporation of third world women into wage labor through immigration and offshore production -- Bad service. Service employment regimes and the new inequality ; The informal economy: between new developments and old regulations -- Out of space. Electronic space and power ; The state and the global city: notes toward a conception of place-centered governance
Analysis
Globalisation
Immigration
Economic integration
Labour mobility
Labour market
Service sector
Black economy
Citizenship
Capital
Women
International comparisons
Overseas item
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-241) and index
