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Articulations of capital : global production networks and regional transformations / John Pickles and Adrian Smith, with Robert Begg, Milan Buček, Poli Roukova and Rudolf Pástor. pages cm – (RGS-IBG book series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-118-63271-0 (cloth) – ISBN 978-1-118-63290-1 (paper) 1. Economic geography. 2. Globalization–Economic aspects. 3. Clothing trade– Bulgaria. 4. Clothing trade–Slovakia. I. Smith, Adrian, author. II. Begg, Robert Burns, author. III. Buček, M. (Milan), author. IV. Roukova, Poli, author. V. Pástor, Rudolf, author. VI. Title. VII. Series: RGS-IBG book series. HC244.P49135 2015 332′.042–dc23 2015022959 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Cover image: Front cover image © John Pickles Set in 10/12pt Plantin by SPi Global, Pondicherry, India 1 2016 Contents Series Editors’ Preface vii List of Figures viii List of Tables xi Preface and Acknowledgements xii Abbreviations xxi Part One Articulating Capital in Global Production Networks 1 1 Articulations of Capital 3 2 Economic Geography, Conjuncture and the Dynamics of Capital 23 Part Two Working off the Past: Context and Complexity in Apparel Global Production Networks 53 3 Working in the Post‐Socialist Apparel Economy 55 4 Managing Europe’s Golden Bands: Trade Policy and the Regulation of Production Networks (with Robert Begg) 86 5 Transformations, Legacies and Networks: The State and Market Globalizations (with Robert Begg and Milan Bucek)̌ 104 Part Three Industrial Dynamics, Regionalization and the Conjunctural Economy of Global Production Networks 135 6 Theorizing Transition and the Dynamics of Capital: The Diverse Trajectories of Post‐socialist Firms (with Robert Begg, Milan Buček, Poli Roukova, and Rudolf Pástor) 137 vi CONTENTS 7 Border Reconfigurations and the Frontiers of Capital (with Robert Begg, Milan Bucek,̌ and Rudolf Pástor) 162 8 Regionalization and the Palimpsests of Production: Delocalization, Legacies and Firm Differentiation (with Robert Begg and Poli Roukova) 182 9 The Cultural Economies of Post‐Socialism: Ethnicity, Garage Firms and Regional Markets (with Robert Begg and Poli Roukova) 214 Part Four Conclusion 237 10 Conclusion 239