After the three Italies
Subtitle: wealth, inequality and industrial change
By: Michael Dunford and Lidia Greco.
Contributors: Greco, Lidia, 1969-
Series: RGS-IBG book series
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9781405125208; 9781405125215
Subjects: Regionalism -- Economic aspects -- Italy.; Industries -- Italy.; Income distribution -- Italy.; Italy -- Economic conditions -- 1994- -- Regional disparities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: growth, inequality and the territorial division of labour; title: Areal differentiation and development models; title: After the three Italies; title: A new economic geography of uneven development; title: The structure of the book; title: Convergence, divergence, regional economic performance and the new economic geographies; title: Analysing regional economic performance; title: Convergence or divergence; title: Neo-classical convergence models; title: Cumulative causation and endogenous growth; title: Territorial divisions of labour; title: Geography and management studies; title: The new geographical economics and territorial divisions of labour; title: Conclusions; title: Theorising regional economic performance and the changing territorial division of labour: value chains, industrial networks, competition and governance; title: Introduction; title: Basic and non-basic industries; title: Explaining the dynamics of activities serving wider markets; title: Enterprises and their environment: establishing the frontiers/boundaries of the firm; title: Enterprises and their environment: inter firm relations; title: Firms and production networks; title: Competition and rivalry; title: Modes of governance and growth; title: Conclusions; title: Growth and inequality: the political economy of Italian development; title: Introduction; title: Italy's economy in its European and Mediterranean context; title: Official statistics, unrecorded activities and the measurement of output; title: GDP, net transfers and regional income; title: Territorial inequality in Italy at the turn of the millennium; title: Catching up, falling behind, surging ahead and losing ground: trends in Italian regional development; title: Conclusion.