Local Economies in Turmoil The Effects of Deregulation and Globalization

The main theme is how local economic cultures and economic networks in the South and in Eastern Europe are put under strain by global deregulation and how traditional and not so traditional but locally rooted structures of economic life adjust to deregulation or fail to do so. All the contributions,...

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Other Authors: Sverrisson, Árni (Editor), Dijk, Meine Pieter van (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2000, 2000
Series:International Political Economy Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The main theme is how local economic cultures and economic networks in the South and in Eastern Europe are put under strain by global deregulation and how traditional and not so traditional but locally rooted structures of economic life adjust to deregulation or fail to do so. All the contributions, written by different authors, combine a 'flexible specialization in clusters' approach with original empirical data. An Introduction and a concluding chapter by the editors brings out the common issues and conclusions
Physical Description:XIV, 208 p online resource
ISBN:9780333981429