Read more
Informationen zum Autor Colin Crouch is a Professor in Sociology at the European University Institute, Florence. He is also an External Scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for Society Research at Cologne.Patrick Le Galès is CNRS Senior Research Fellow at CEVIPOF and Associate Professor of Sociology and Politics at Sciences Po, Paris. He is the editor of the 'International Journal of Urban and Regional Research'.Carlo Trigilia is Professor of Economic Sociology in the University of Florence and editor of the journal 'Stato e Mercato'.Helmut Voelzkow is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, Germany. He is the author of a number of publications on economic sociology and political economy in German. Klappentext This is the first book to present a systematic analysis of the role of small manufacturing enterprises in the main European economies and to review different perspectives on industrial districts and clusters. Combining knowledge from case-study literature with original analyses of statistical data enables the authors to present full accounts of the role of these clusters in Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, showing the considerable diversity of forms they take. Zusammenfassung A systematic analysis of specialized clusters of small manufacturing enterprises in the main European economies. Combining case-study literature with analyses of statistical data enables the authors to show the role of these "clusters" and the considerable diversity of forms they take. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Patrick Le Galès and Helmut Voelzkow: Introduction: The Governance of Local Economies 2: Andrés Rodriguez-Pose: Local Production Systems and Economic Performance in France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom 3: Luigi Burroni and Carlo Trigilia: Italy: Economic Development through Local Economies 4: Ulrich Glassmann and Helmut Voelzkow: The Governance of Local Economies in Germany 5: Valeria Aniello and Patrick Le Galès: Between Large Firms and Marginal Local Economies: The Making of Systems of Local Governance in France 6: Colin Crouch and Henry Farrell: Great Britain: Falling through the Holes in the Network Concept 7: Colin Crouch and Carlo Trigilia: Conclusions: Still Local Economies in Global Capitalism? ...
