Implosions /Explosions Towards a Study of Planetary Urbanization

Neil Brenner is an American urban theorist. The focus of his writing and teaching is on the theoretical, conceptual and methodological dimensions of urban questions. His work builds upon, and seeks to extend, the fields of critical urban and regional studies, comparative geopolitical economy and radical socio-spatial theory. Major research foci include processes of urban and regional restructuring and uneven spatial development; the generalization of capitalist urbanization; and processes of state spatial restructuring, with particular reference to the remaking of urban, metropolitan and regional governance configurations under contemporary neo-liberalizing capitalism.