Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Boxes -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1. Introduction: Cities, States, and the 'Explosion of Spaces' -- 2. The Globalization Debates: Opening up to New Spaces? -- 3. The State Spatial Process under Capitalism: A Framework for Analysis -- 4. Urban Governance and the Nationalization of State Space: Political Geographies of Spatial Keynesianism -- 5. Interlocality Competition as a State Project: Urban Locational Policy and the Rescaling of State Space -- 6. Alternative Rescaling Strategies and the Future of New State Spaces -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.