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State / Space

A Reader

Martin Jones editor Bob Jessop editor Neil Brenner editor Gordon Macleod editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:20th Dec '02

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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.

"This useful and interesting reader addresses an emergent research agenda on the production and transformation of state space" Johanna Kantola, Univeristy of Bristol

ISBN: 9780631230342

Dimensions: 246mm x 173mm x 28mm

Weight: 667g

368 pages