Articulations of Capital

Articulations of Capital offers 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. Proposes a new theorization of global value chains as part of a conjunctural economic geography Develops a set of conceptual and theoretical arguments concerning the regional embeddedness of global production Draws on longitudinal empirical research from over 20 years in the Bulgarian and Slovakian apparel industries Makes a major intervention into the debate over the economic geographies of European integration and EU enlargement

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 Bucě k) 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 Pastor) 137 7 Border Reconfigurations and the Frontiers of Capital (with Robert Begg, Milan Buček, and Rudolf Pastor) 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 Appendix 1 Firm-level Restructuring in the Slovak Textiles and Clothing Sector, 2004–2013 253 Appendix 2 Key to Figure 9.14 Dimitrovgrad Market, 2011 257 References 260 Index 281