Brenner traces the transformation of urban governance in western europe during the last four decades and, on this basis, argues that inherited geographies of state power are being fundamentally. Recently, however, a number of scholars have begun to examine the ways in which. 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. Through a combination of theory construction, historical analysis and crossnational case studies of urbanpolicy change, new state spaces provides an innovative analysis of the new formations of state power that are currently emerging. Minneapolis, mn university of minnesota press, 2009.
Urban restructuring in western europe and north america. Jan 01, 2003 this useful and interesting reader addresses an emergent research agenda on the production and transformation of state space johanna kantola, univeristy of bristol author bios neil brenner is assistant professor of sociology and metropolitan studies at new york university. Sep 01, 2005 energized by gehls mixture of astuteness, enthusiasm, and humor, i asked the danish architectural press for an englishlanguage copy of his most recent book, new city spaces. Covers a range of topical issues in contemporary geographical political economy. Making available in english for the first time the asyetunexplored political aspect of henri lefebvres work, it contains essays on philosophy, political theory, state formation, spatial planning, and globalization, as well as provocative reflections on the possibilities and limits of grassroots democracy. The changing political rationalities of state space. Investigates some of the new political spaces that are emerging under contemporary conditions of globalization. Brenner and elden deliver 15 chapters by lefebvre, most of them translated for the first time. New state spaces urban governance and the rescaling of statehood neil brenner 1. Department of sociology and metropolitan studies program. Urban governance and the production of new state spaces in. New state spaces makes clear why neil brenner deserves the praise and recognition that he has so far received. He is the coeditor with bob jessop, martin jones and gordon macleod, of state space.
Jan 01, 2004 the book new state spaces by neil brenner expands current state theory in a postdisciplinary manner by looking at influences of urban areas on rescaling european statehood from the 1970s to the present brenner 2004. Neil brenner new state spaces urban governance and the. This is a mature and sophisticated analysis by a major young scholar. By neil brenner find, read and cite all the research you. Nov 18, 2015 i know some improvements has been made recently to the handling of spacing in text but copying text from this particular pdf causes spaces between words to be completely missing when tried using the public viewer of pdf.
His research interests include critical urban theory, sociospatial theory. Neil brenner, new state spaces, urban governance, and the rescaling of statehood, oxford. Siu skip to main content accessibility help we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Leading scholars include neil brenner at the harvard graduate school of. State, space, world collects a series of lefebvres key writings on the state. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Pdf on jan 1, 2004, neil brenner and others published neil brenner, the state spatial process under capitalism. New state spaces pdf neil brenner new state spaces urban governance and the rescaling of statehood. To this end, brenner proposes an approach that breaks with inherited conceptions of the urban as a bounded settlement unitthe city or the metropolisand explores the multiscalar. Urban governance and the rescaling of statehood brenner, neil on. Consortia food supply geography, political international. Whereas most analysts of the emergent, postwestphalian world order have focused on supranational and national institutional realignments, new state spaces shows that strategic subnational spaces, such as cities and cityregions. This article about geography terminology is a stub.
Written in 2000 with lars gemzoe, a fellow faculty member at the royal danish academy of fine arts school of architecture, new city spaces is an ambitious and beautiful. During the last decade, in the context of a broader intensification of scholarly interest in the geographies of state space brenner, jessop, jones, and macleod 2003, lefebvre has been appropriately credited for his pioneering, reflexive attention to the spatial articulations of state power brenner 1997a,b, 2004. The brenner pass is the only major mountain pass within the area. New spatial readings of the state baegyoon park combining the three words composing the name of this journal that is, territory, politics and governance always reminds me of the word state. Neil brenner, bob jessop, martin jones and gordon macleod eds. While that work remains largely untranslated into english, a parallel collection of lefebvres essays on the state, written between 1964 and 1986, has been produced under the editorship of neil brenner and stuart elden as state, space, world ssw. Drawing on the case of the bouregreg project, a massive highend urban development scheme positioned between the twin cities of rabat and sale, morocco, this paper investigates the dynamics of agency formation implicated in the creation of a new state space and considers what it reveals about state respatialisation and the rise of new. If you have access to this journal as a benefit of membership in the sponsoring organization, log in through the member link in the right column. Urban governance and the rescaling of statehood oxford university press, 2004. Henri lefebvre on state, space, territory1 international.
Neil brenner is assistant professor of sociology and metropolitan studies at new york university. New state spaces neil brenner oxford university press. Neil brenner, new state spaces, urban governance and the rescaling of statehood. Brenner, new state spaces, introduction global cities of the global south simon, reflections from the periphery robinson, a view from off the map april 27 denationalization sassen, tar, chapter 5 watch brenner on planetary urbanization global digital age sassen, tar, chapter 7 14 may 4 american empire and the global city. This last term, as will be discussed more fully be low, cannot be translated adequately as globalization. Statespace by neil brenner overdrive rakuten overdrive. In this synthetic, interdisciplinary work, neil brenner develops a new interpretation of the transformation of statehood under contemporary globalizing capitalism. Much of the literature on urban and regional political economy has tended to bracket processes of national state restructuring. Statespace theory constitutes a new branch of social and political geography in which the issues of space as a geographic element are considered for their influence on political relationships and outcomes. 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.
Neil brenner has written a book that is difficult to ignore for all with an interest not only in current debate on government restructuring, but also for all who follow the ongoing discussion on the construction of a new europe a europe of new state spaces. Urban governance and the production of new state spaces in western europe, 19602000. The book new state spaces by neil brenner expands current state theory in a postdisciplinary manner by looking at influences of urban areas on rescaling european statehood from the 1970s to the present brenner 2004. Public space and the ethical aspects of the equitable city one of the most interesting aspects of the debate that preceded the charter of public space adopted at the 20 public space biennial was on who should have access to the free services cities have to offer. Even though we have to avoid any kind of statecentric approaches to territory, politics and governance, it is impossible to talk about these. Pdf in this synthetic, interdisciplinary work, neil brenner develops a new interpretation of the. As a result, air and noise pollution have generated heavy debate in regional and european politics. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Explores state restructuring on multiple spatial scales, and from a range of theoretical, methodological and empirical perspectives. International relations law neoliberalism research privatization privatization business real estate management firms urban parks economic aspects management social aspects. Urban governance and the rescaling of statehood by brenner, neil isbn. In new urban spaces, neil brenner argues that understanding these mutations of urban life requires not only concrete research, but new theories of urbanization. Environmental issues social sciences, general activists political activity political aspects african american religious groups african americans religious aspects associations associations, institutions, etc.