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Saskia Sassen

1947 - Today

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Saskia Sassen (born January 5, 1947) is a Dutch-American sociologist noted for her analyses of globalization and international human migration. She is a professor of sociology at Columbia University in New York City, and the London School of Economics. The term global city was coined and popularized by Sassen in her 1991 work The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saskia Sassen is the 25th most popular sociologist (up from 27th in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 250th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Saskia Sassen ranks 25 out of 79. Before her are Pitirim Sorokin, Alain Touraine, C. Wright Mills, Paul Lazarsfeld, Robert Michels, and Peter L. Berger. After her are Ziya Gökalp, Robert N. Bellah, Daniel Bell, Thomas Luckmann, Stuart Hall, and Juan José Linz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Saskia Sassen ranks 121. Before her are Ted Danson, Temple Grandin, Gyanendra of Nepal, Jan Garbarek, F. R. David, and Mario Aurelio Poli. After her are Jerzy Popiełuszko, Roy Hodgson, Viktor Belenko, James Patterson, Mumtaz, and Wes Studi.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Saskia Sassen ranks 211 out of 1,646. Before her are Abraham Kuyper (1837), Peter Bosz (1963), William I, Count of Hainaut (1287), Erik ten Hag (1970), Wesley Sneijder (1984), and Salomon van Ruysdael (1602). After her are Johan Jongkind (1819), Jacobus Kapteyn (1851), Dries van Agt (1931), William I, Count of Holland (1167), Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588), and Carel Struycken (1948).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among sociologists born in Netherlands, Saskia Sassen ranks 1. 

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