This groundbreaking, interdisciplinary volume brings togetherdiverse analyses of state space in historical and contemporarycapitalism. The first volume to present an accessible yet challengingoverview of the changing geographies of state power undercapitalism. A unique, interdisciplinary collection of contributions bymajor theorists and analysts of state spatial restructuring in thecurrent era. Investigates some of the new political spaces that are emergingunder contemporary conditions of ?globalization'. Explores state restructuring on multiple spatial scales, andfrom a range of theoretical, methodological and empiricalperspectives. Covers a range of topical issues in contemporary geographicalpolitical economy. Contains case study material on Western Europe, North Americaand East Asia, as well as parts of Africa and South America.