{"product_id":"9781118632710","title":"Articulations of Capital Global Production Networks and Regional Transformations","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRGS-IBG Book Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eArticulations of Capital\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGlobal Production Networks and Regional Transformations\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJohn Pickles | Adrian Smith | Robert Begg | Milan Bucek | Poli Roukova | Rudolf Pástor\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Human Geography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eArticulations of Capital \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an accessible, grounded, yet theoretically-sophisticated account of the geographies of global production networks, value chains, and regional development in post-socialist Eastern and Central Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProposes a new theorization of global value chains as part of a conjunctural economic geography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelops a set of conceptual and theoretical arguments concerning the regional embeddedness of global production\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on longitudinal empirical research from over 20 years in the Bulgarian and Slovakian apparel industries\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMakes a major intervention into the debate over the economic geographies of European integration and EU enlargement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJohn Pickles\u003c\/b\u003e is Earl N. Phillips Distinguished Professor of International Studies in the Department of Geography at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His publications include \u003ci\u003eA History of Spaces: Cartographic Reason, Mapping, and the Geo-Coded World\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eGlobalization and Regionalization in Post-socialist Economies: the Common Economic Spaces of Europe\u003c\/i\u003e (edited, 2009), and \u003ci\u003eTowards Better Work: Understanding Labour in Apparel Global Value Chains\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with A. Rossi and A Luinstra, 2014).\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Adrian Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Human Geography and Dean for Research in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Queen Mary University of London. Editor-in-Chief of the journal \u003ci\u003eEuropean Urban and Regional Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Smith has authored and co-edited five books on post-socialist Europe, including \u003ci\u003eDomesticating Neo-Liberalism: Spaces of Economic Practice and Social Reproduction in Post-Socialist Cities\u003c\/i\u003e (with A. Stenning, A. Rochovská, and D. Świątek, Wiley, 2010).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRobert Begg\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Geography and Regional Planning at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMilan Buček\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Head of the Department Public Administration and Regional Developmente at the University of Economics in Bratislava.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePoli Roukova\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Research Fellow in Economic and Social Geography at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRudolf Pástor\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Geography in the Department Public Administration and Regional Developmente at the University of Economics in Bratislava.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19 January 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118632710\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310533832844,"sku":"9781118632710","price":88.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118632710_5a7de9c6-63c8-456f-9d91-ad4fe974bb37.jpg?v=1780202718","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118632710","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}