ABSTRACT
RIPE is delighted to publish the annual lecture which marks the 10th anniversary of the journal. The annual RIPE lecture series seeks to highlight the work of a scholar who has made a significant contribution to the field of international political economy. Saskia Sassen, distinguished Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, and Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, presented the lecture in the Department of Geography at Durham University on 14 March 2002 Gointly sponsored by the Durham University Geographical Society). The paper intro duces a novel discussion on the spatiality of globalization, leading to achallenging re-interpretation of meanings of the local and local struggles in a globalized political economy.
