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Articulations of Capital : Global Production Networks and Regional Transformations
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pickles, John, 1952-
- Series:
- RGS-IBG Book Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic geography--Economic aspects--Bulgaria.
- Economic geography.
- Globalization--Slovakia.
- Globalization.
- Clothing trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicester : Wiley, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This scholarly work examines the intersections of global production networks (GPNs) and regional economies, with a focus on the apparel industry in Eastern and Central Europe. It explores how economic geography, state policies, trade regulations, and historical legacies influence the dynamics of capital, labor, and industrial trajectories in global production systems. The book provides a detailed analysis of transitions in the apparel sector, including the shift from state socialist production models to export-oriented economies, the impact of trade agreements, and the emergence of low-cost production hubs. It also addresses issues of labor conditions, firm restructuring, and cultural economies within regional markets. Intended for academics, policymakers, and industry professionals, the book aims to deepen understanding of industrial upgrading, economic transitions, and the role of state and market interactions in shaping regional economic futures. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Post-Socialist Regional Divisions of LabourLow-Wage Production and the "Sweatshop Trope"; Struggles over Work and Working Conditions; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4 Managing Europe's Golden Bands: Trade Policy and the Regulation of Production Networks; Institutional and Policy Frameworks of the Golden Bands; Trade Policy in Apparel Global Production Networks; Global and Macro-Regional Trade Liberalization in Textiles and Apparel; Outward Processing Trade and the Origins and Reconfiguration of Pan-European Apparel Production
- Conclusion: Understanding Diverse Trajectories of Industrial Upgrading
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9781118632895
- 1118632893
- OCLC:
- 919202362
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