After the Three Italies

<i>After the Three Italies</i> develops a new political economy approach to the analysis of comparative regional development and the territorial division of labour and exemplifies it through an up-to-date account of Italian industrial change and regional economic performance.<br /> <ul> <li style=”list-style: none”><br /> </li> <li>Responds to recent theoretical debates in economic geography, involving economists, geographers and planners.<br /> </li> <li>Builds the foundations for a new theoretical approach to regional economic development and the territorial division of labour.<br /> </li> <li>Draws on the results of a recent ESRC funded research project, as well as on a large range of official data sets.<br /> </li> <li>Provides an up-to-date picture of Italy‘s economic performance and of its recent development relative to other European countries and the rest of the world.<br /> </li> <li>Analyses Italy’s internal differentiation and its persistent regional inequalities.<br /> </li> <li>Examines the regional impact of the recent evolution of the car, chemicals, steel and clothing industries.<br /> </li> <li>Leads to a new and more complex picture of Italian development.</li> </ul>