Books like Expulsions
Loved Expulsions by Saskia Sassen? Here are 9 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
About Expulsions →9 books
- 1The Shock Doctrine
The Shock Doctrine
Naomi KleinKlein traces how crises are used to push through economic policies that harm ordinary people, as Sassen does with predatory systems.
- 2A Brief History of Neoliberalism
A Brief History of Neoliberalism
David HarveyHarvey explains how market-centered policies took hold worldwide and reshaped economies, providing background to the financial changes Sassen analyzes.
- 3Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas PikettyPiketty uses long-run data to show how wealth concentrates, an economic inequality question that Sassen approaches from a different angle.
- 4Globalization and Its Discontents
Globalization and Its Discontents
Joseph E. StiglitzStiglitz criticizes how global financial institutions shape the lives of people in poorer countries, a concern shared with Sassen's account of unequal global arrangements.
- 5Planet of Slums
Planet of Slums
Mike DavisDavis describes the growth of informal settlements in cities, which matches Sassen's attention to displacement and living space.
- 6Capitalism in the Web of Life
Capitalism in the Web of Life
Jason W. MooreMoore argues that capitalism depends on cheap nature and cheap labor, a link between economy and environment similar to the one Sassen draws.
- 7Stuffed and Starved
Stuffed and Starved
Raj PatelPatel follows the global food system from farm to market and shows how profit-driven decisions push out small producers and damage land.
- 8The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow
Michelle AlexanderAlexander argues that mass incarceration works as a system of exclusion, a theme that connects with Sassen's discussion of people held in prisons and detention.
- 9The Precariat
The Precariat
Guy StandingStanding describes a growing class of insecure workers without stable livelihoods, a condition close to Sassen's expulsion from professional life.
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