State / Space
A Reader
1st Edition
Published on 20. December 2002
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-631-23033-5 (ISBN)
Description
This groundbreaking, interdisciplinary volume brings together diverse analyses of state space in historical and contemporary capitalism.
The first volume to present an accessible yet challenging overview of the changing geographies of state power under capitalism.
A unique, interdisciplinary collection of contributions by major theorists and analysts of state spatial restructuring in the current era.
Investigates some of the new political spaces that are emerging under contemporary conditions of 'globalization'.
Explores state restructuring on multiple spatial scales, and from a range of theoretical, methodological and empirical perspectives.
Covers a range of topical issues in contemporary geographical political economy.
Contains case study material on Western Europe, North America and East Asia, as well as parts of Africa and South America.
The first volume to present an accessible yet challenging overview of the changing geographies of state power under capitalism.
A unique, interdisciplinary collection of contributions by major theorists and analysts of state spatial restructuring in the current era.
Investigates some of the new political spaces that are emerging under contemporary conditions of 'globalization'.
Explores state restructuring on multiple spatial scales, and from a range of theoretical, methodological and empirical perspectives.
Covers a range of topical issues in contemporary geographical political economy.
Contains case study material on Western Europe, North America and East Asia, as well as parts of Africa and South America.
Reviews / Votes
"This useful and interesting reader addresses an emergent research agenda on the production and transformation of state space" Johanna Kantola, Univeristy of BristolMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
816 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-23033-5 (9780631230335)
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Persons
Neil Brenner is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Metropolitan Studies at New York University.
Bob Jessop is Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University.
Martin Jones is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.Gordon MacLeod is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Durham.
Bob Jessop is Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University.
Martin Jones is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.Gordon MacLeod is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Durham.
Content
Acknowledgments. Introduction: State Space in Question: Neil Brenner, Bob Jessop, Martin Jones, Gordon MacLeod (New York University; Lancaster University; University of Wales Aberystwyth; University of Durham).
Part I: Theoretical Foundations:.
1 Exploration, Cartography and the Modernization of State Power: Marcelo Escolar (Director of the Institute de Geografia).
2 The Autonomous Power of the State: Michael Mann (University of Virginia).
3 The Nation: Nicos Poulantzas.
4 Space and the State: Henri Lefebrve.
5 The State as Container: Territoriality in the Modern World System: Peter J. Taylor (University of Newcastle).
Part II: Remaking State Territorialities:.
6 The State of Globalization: Towards a Theory of State Transformation: Martin Shaw (University of Sussex).
7 The Rise of East Asia and the Withering Away of the Interstate System: Giovanni Arrighi (The Johns Hopkins University).
8 The Struggle over European Order: Transnational Class Agency in the Making of 'Embedded Neo-Liberalism'': Bastian Van Apeldoorn.
9 The Imagined Economy: Mapping Transformations in the Contemporary State: Angus Cameron and Ronen Palan (University of Leicester; University of Sussex).
10 Debordering the World of States Towards a Multi-Level System in Europe and a Multi-Polity System in North America? Insights from Border Regions: Joachim K. Blatter (University of Konstanz).
11 Re-articulating Spatial Scale and Temporal Horizons of Trans-border Spaces: Ngai-Ling Sum (University of Lancashire).
Part III: Reshaping Political Spaces:.
12 Remaking Scale: Competition and Cooperation in Prenational and Postnational Europe: Neil Smith (Graduate Center and Hunter College).
13 The National and the Regional: Their Autonomy vis-a-vis the Capitalist World Crisis: Alain Lipietz.
14 The Invention of Regions: political restructuring and territorial government in Western Europe: Michael Keating.
15 Globalization Makes States: Local Governance in the Age of the World City: Roger Keil.
16 Cities and Citizenship: James Holston and Arjun Appadurai (University of California, San Diego: University of Chicago).
17 Citizenship, Territoriality and the Gendered Construction of Difference: Nira Yuval-Davis.
18 Shadows and Sovereigns: Caroline Nordstrom.
Subject Index.
Name Index.
Part I: Theoretical Foundations:.
1 Exploration, Cartography and the Modernization of State Power: Marcelo Escolar (Director of the Institute de Geografia).
2 The Autonomous Power of the State: Michael Mann (University of Virginia).
3 The Nation: Nicos Poulantzas.
4 Space and the State: Henri Lefebrve.
5 The State as Container: Territoriality in the Modern World System: Peter J. Taylor (University of Newcastle).
Part II: Remaking State Territorialities:.
6 The State of Globalization: Towards a Theory of State Transformation: Martin Shaw (University of Sussex).
7 The Rise of East Asia and the Withering Away of the Interstate System: Giovanni Arrighi (The Johns Hopkins University).
8 The Struggle over European Order: Transnational Class Agency in the Making of 'Embedded Neo-Liberalism'': Bastian Van Apeldoorn.
9 The Imagined Economy: Mapping Transformations in the Contemporary State: Angus Cameron and Ronen Palan (University of Leicester; University of Sussex).
10 Debordering the World of States Towards a Multi-Level System in Europe and a Multi-Polity System in North America? Insights from Border Regions: Joachim K. Blatter (University of Konstanz).
11 Re-articulating Spatial Scale and Temporal Horizons of Trans-border Spaces: Ngai-Ling Sum (University of Lancashire).
Part III: Reshaping Political Spaces:.
12 Remaking Scale: Competition and Cooperation in Prenational and Postnational Europe: Neil Smith (Graduate Center and Hunter College).
13 The National and the Regional: Their Autonomy vis-a-vis the Capitalist World Crisis: Alain Lipietz.
14 The Invention of Regions: political restructuring and territorial government in Western Europe: Michael Keating.
15 Globalization Makes States: Local Governance in the Age of the World City: Roger Keil.
16 Cities and Citizenship: James Holston and Arjun Appadurai (University of California, San Diego: University of Chicago).
17 Citizenship, Territoriality and the Gendered Construction of Difference: Nira Yuval-Davis.
18 Shadows and Sovereigns: Caroline Nordstrom.
Subject Index.
Name Index.