05812nam 22008053u 450 99620553480331620230721025648.01-280-85102-397866108510270-470-76111-31-4051-7853-1(CKB)1000000000341924(EBL)293107(OCoLC)437178892(SSID)ssj0000100075(PQKBManifestationID)11130754(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100075(PQKBWorkID)10019100(PQKB)10048796(MiAaPQ)EBC293107(EXLCZ)99100000000034192420130418d2008|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfter the Three Italies[electronic resource] Wealth, Inequality and Industrial ChangeOxford Wiley20081 online resource (374 p.)RGS-IBG Book SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4051-2520-9 After the Three Italies: Wealth, Inequality and Industrial Change; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Series Editors' Preface; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Growth, Inequality and the Territorial Division of Labour; Areal differentiation and development models; After the Three Italies; A new economic geography of uneven development; The structure of the book; 2 Convergence, Divergence, Regional Economic Performance and the New Economic Geographies; Analyzing regional economic performance; Convergence or divergence; Territorial divisions of labourConclusions3 Theorizing Regional Economic Performance and the Changing Territorial Division of Labour: Value Chains, Industrial Networks, Competition and Governance; Introduction; Basic and nonbasic industries; Explaining the dynamics of activities serving wider markets; Enterprises and their environment: establishing the frontiers/boundaries of the firm; Enterprises and their environment: interfirm relations; Modes of governance and growth; Conclusions; 4 Growth and Inequality: The Political Economy of Italian Development; IntroductionItaly's economy in its European and Mediterranean contextOfficial statistics, unrecorded activities and the measurement of output; GDP, net transfers and regional income; Territorial inequality in Italy at the turn of the millennium; Catching up, falling behind, surging ahead and losing ground: trends in Italian regional development; Conclusions; 5 Institutional Dynamics and Regional Performance; Introduction; The institutional configuration and the characteristics of Italian capitalism; Institutional context and territorial development dynamics; Crime and territorial developmentChanges in the 1990s: the political sceneChanges in the 1990s: the system of governance; Changes in the 1990s: debt reduction and privatization; Changes in the 1990s: territorial development policies; Concluding remarks: the implications of recent trends; 6 Italian Regional Evolutions; Introduction; Italian regional evolutions; Comparative regional development; Comparative provincial development; Employment, productivity and investment; Economic specialization, exports and international integration; After the Three Italies: the origins and limits of the district model; Conclusions7 Industrial Change and Regional Development: The Changing Sectoral Profile of Regional Development and the Evolving Regional Profile of Industrial ChangeIntroduction; The sectoral profile of regional economies; Sectoral structures and uneven development; The changing geography of vehicle manufacturing in Italy and the world; The changing geography of chemical manufacturing in Italy and the world; Conclusions; 8 Globalization, Industrial Restructuring and the Italian Motor Vehicle Industry; Introduction; The FIAT Group: changing functions in the value chain and changing chainsGlobalization and market-seeking investmentsAfter the Three Italies develops a new political economy approach to the analysis of comparative regional development and the territorial division of labour and exemplifies it through an up-to-date account of Italian industrial change and regional economic performance.Responds to recent theoretical debates in economic geography, involving economists, geographers and planners. Builds the foundations for a new theoretical approach to regional economic development and the territorial division of labour. Draws on the results of a recent ESRC funded research pRGS-IBG Book SeriesIndustries - ItalyItaly - Economic conditions - 1994- - Regional disparitiesRegionalism - Economic aspects - ItalyRegionalismRegionalismEconomic aspectsItalyIndustriesItalyIncome distributionItalyEconomic HistoryHILCCBusiness & EconomicsHILCCIndustries - Italy.Italy - Economic conditions - 1994- - Regional disparities.Regionalism - Economic aspects - Italy.Regionalism.RegionalismEconomic aspectsIndustriesIncome distributionEconomic HistoryBusiness & Economics320.945338.945Dunford Michael629132Greco Lidia605685AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK996205534803316After the three Italies1464671UNISA