State/Space: A Reader

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 'globalizationa . * 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.