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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Maps -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Rise and Changes of Italian Local Development -- 1.1 Three Stages of Local Development in Third Italy -- 1.2 The Stage of Spontaneous Local Development -- 1.3 The Stage of Maturity: Industrial Districts and Local Institutions -- 1.4 Decline or Breakthrough? -- 1.5 Short Conclusion -- 2. Ruptured Events and Social Practices in Italian Local Development -- 2.1 Local Development and the Social Rooting of the Economy -- 2.2 Modernization and Local Development: A Difficult Relationship

2.3 Economy and Society: Social Capital and Trust -- 2.3.1 The Collective Dimension -- 2.3.2 The Individual Dimension -- 2.4 Market Modernization -- 2.5 Cultures of Consumption and Local Development -- 3. Polycentrism and Institutions -- 3.1 The Geographically Small and Provincial -- 3.2 The Polycentric Roots of Political Elites -- 3.3 Federalist Decentralization and Multi-Level Government -- 3.4 Chaotic Polycentrism -- 3.5 Institutional Performance and the Governance of Socio-Economic Development -- 3.6 Immobility and Decline: The Past and Present of a Country Split Between North and South

3.7 Political Autonomy without Economic Development: The Eclipse of Decentralization -- Conclusion -- Afterword

The book is a cross-section of the over all Italian development. Italy can be considered a microcosm that contains all the imbalances and territorial differences that can be observed in the European macro-areas. Its north can now be considred integrated with the more developed European continental shelf. The Centre represents a local development in transition to a more visible technological change. The late south risks accumulating more socio-economic backwardness. For these reasons, we believe this volume is useful, with just a few pages presenting one of the most interesting cases of local industrial development, outside the mainstream of the industrial economy which saw in Fordism and Taylorism the best way for industrializaion. Here, on the contrary, it is argued that big fish cannot always consume the smallest one that flickers faster and its flexibility, that has social roots, can be an advantage in global markets. Technology appears to be the key to the future. Please note: This title is co-published with Aakar Books, New Delhi. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives or Bhutan)

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