New State Spaces

Simultaneously analysing the restructuring of urban governance and the transformation of national states under globalising capitalism, 'New State Spaces' is a mature analysis of broad interdisciplinary interest.

In this synthetic, interdisciplinary work, Neil Brenner develops a new interpretation of the transformation of statehood under contemporary globalizing capitalism. Whereas most analysts of the emergent, post-Westphalian world order have focused on suprana

Preface; 1. Introduction: Cities, States, and the 'Explosion of Spaces'; 2. The Globalization Debates: Opening up to New Spaces?; 3. The State Spatial Process under Capitalism: A Framework for Analysis; 4. Urban Governance and the Nationalization of State Space: Political Geographies of Spatial Keynesianism; 5. Interlocality Competition as a State Project: Urban Locational Policy and the Rescaling of State Space; 6. Alternative Rescaling Strategies and the Future of New State Spaces; Bibliography; Index