How do the places where people live help structure and restructure their sociopolitical
identities and interests? In this book, renowned political geographer John A. Agnew …

East Asia's dynamic entrance into the global economy has provided a fruitful avenue for
research in economic sociology. In this perceptive and timely volume, authors Nicole …

Abstracts This paper offers a critical evaluation of the 'Flexible Specialisation'model which
asserts that a new and dominant model of industrial organisation based upon craft principles …

The track record of regional development in Italy raises a number of questions in relation to
regional disparities and the prospects of achieving sustainable growth in Europe's Objective …

Early Modern Italy is a fascinating survey of society in Italy from the fifteenth to the eighteenth
centuries-the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. Covering the whole of the Peninsula from …

The notion of the cluster has become a highly interdisciplinary project, although it remains
intrinsic to human and more specifically economic geography as a discipline. This article …

During the era of the French revolution, patriots across Europe tried to introduce a national
uniform. This book, the first comparative study of national uniform schemes, discusses case …

Following a historically chronological approach, and with a clear focus on the marked
regional diversity characterising Italy, this volume analyses the impact of social, economic …

This article compares the small-firm economies of Taiwan and Italy, utilizing an institutional
oganizational approach in the analysis of economic structures. It is divided into three …

This source book examines the development of Italian Fascism, and surveys the themes and
issues of the movement. It spans from the emergence of the united Italian state in the …