New state spaces : urban governance and the rescaling of statehood / Neil Brenner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brenner, Neil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State, The.

Globalization.

Metropolitan government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 351 pages) : illustrations, maps

Other Title:

Urban governance and the rescaling of statehood

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Neil Brenner has in the past few years made a major impact on the ways in which we understand the changing political geographies of the modern state. Simultaneously analyzing the restructuring of urban governance and the transformation of national states under globalizing capitalism, 'New State Spaces' is a mature and sophisticated analysis of broad interdisciplinary interest, making this a highly significant contribution to the subject. - ;In this synthetic, interdisciplinary work, Neil Brenner develops a new interpretation of the transformation of statehood under contemporary globalizing cap

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Boxes; List of Figures; List of Maps; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 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; References; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-339) and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-927006-6

9786610841073

1-4294-6955-2

0-19-153358-0

1-280-84107-9

OCLC:

476257764