After the Three Italies: Wealth, Inequality and Industrial Change (Rgs-Ibg Book Series)

After the Three Italies......Page 3
Contents......Page 7
List of Figures......Page 11
List of Tables......Page 14
Series Editors’ Preface......Page 17
Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 18
List of Abbreviations......Page 23
Areal differentiation and development models......Page 27
After the Three Italies......Page 34
A new economic geography of uneven development......Page 38
The structure of the book......Page 41
Analyzing regional economic performance......Page 43
Convergence or divergence......Page 46
Territorial divisions of labour......Page 52
Conclusions......Page 65
Introduction......Page 67
Basic and nonbasic industries......Page 68
Explaining the dynamics of activities serving
wider markets......Page 69
Enterprises and their environment: establishing
the frontiers/boundaries of the firm......Page 76
Enterprises and their environment: interfirm relations......Page 78
Modes of governance and growth......Page 84
Conclusions......Page 87
Introduction......Page 90
Italy’s economy in its European and Mediterranean
context......Page 91
Official statistics, unrecorded activities and the
measurement of output......Page 96
GDP, net transfers and regional income......Page 102
Territorial inequality in Italy at the turn of the
millennium......Page 106
Catching up, falling behind, surging ahead and
losing ground: trends in Italian regional development......Page 113
Conclusions......Page 116
Introduction......Page 118
The institutional configuration and the characteristics
of Italian capitalism......Page 119
Institutional context and territorial development
dynamics......Page 123
Crime and territorial development......Page 128
Changes in the 1990s: the political scene......Page 130
Changes in the 1990s: the system of governance......Page 133
Changes in the 1990s: debt reduction and privatization......Page 137
Changes in the 1990s: territorial development policies......Page 139
Concluding remarks: the implications of recent trends......Page 150
Introduction......Page 154
Italian regional evolutions......Page 156
Comparative regional development......Page 166
Comparative provincial development......Page 173
Employment, productivity and investment......Page 175
Economic specialization, exports and international......Page 181
After the Three Italies: the origins and limits......Page 185
Conclusions......Page 195
The sectoral profile of regional economies......Page 196
Sectoral structures and uneven development......Page 199
The changing geography of vehicle manufacturing......Page 213
The changing geography of chemical manufacturing......Page 226
Conclusions......Page 233
Introduction......Page 235
The FIAT Group: changing functions in the......Page 236
Globalization and market-seeking investments......Page 242
FIAT in Italy: technological and organisational......Page 251
Outsourcing, redefining corporate boundaries......Page 256
Crisis, markets and models......Page 262
Conclusions......Page 268
Afterword......Page 269
Introduction......Page 270
The Italian chemical industry and its changing......Page 271
History and characteristics of the Italian chemical......Page 278
Trajectories of restructuring......Page 281
The role of SMEs......Page 288
Another aspect of the new international......Page 290
Experiences and regional impacts of restructuring:......Page 292
From growth pole to industrial cemetery: the......Page 297
Conclusions......Page 306
Geography as a spatial expression of a social order......Page 308
Geography and development models......Page 309
Contemporary perspectives on industrial......Page 310
Theorizing industrial change and regional......Page 312
Areal differentiation and uneven development......Page 314
Economic decline and the limits of the district......Page 316
Industrial and regional performance......Page 319
Conclusions: inequalities, territorial divisions......Page 320
References......Page 322
Notes......Page 338
Appendices......Page 344
Subject Index......Page 361
Author Index......Page 369