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. Contents: 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