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

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 viiList of Figures viiiList of Tables xiPreface and Acknowledgements xiiAbbreviations xxiPart One Articulating Capital in Global Production Networks 11 Articulations of Capital 32 Economic Geography, Conjuncture and the Dynamics of Capital 23Part Two Working off the Past: Context and Complexity in Apparel Global Production Networks 533 Working in the Post-Socialist Apparel Economy 554 Managing Europe's Golden Bands: Trade Policy and the Regulation of Production Networks (with Robert Begg) 865 Transformations, Legacies and Networks: The State and Market Globalizations (with Robert Begg and Milan Buce^ k) 104Part Three Industrial Dynamics, Regionalization and the Conjunctural Economy of Global Production Networks 1356 Theorizing Transition and the Dynamics of Capital: The Diverse Trajectories of Post-socialist Firms (withRobert Begg, Milan Bucek, Poli Roukova, and Rudolf Pastor) 1377 Border Reconfigurations and the Frontiers of Capital (with Robert Begg, Milan Buc^ek, and Rudolf Pastor) 1628 Regionalization and the Palimpsests of Production: Delocalization, Legacies and Firm Differentiation (with Robert Begg and Poli Roukova) 1829 The Cultural Economies of Post-Socialism: Ethnicity, Garage Firms and Regional Markets (with Robert Begg and Poli Roukova) 214Part Four Conclusion 23710 Conclusion 239Appendix 1 Firm-level Restructuring in the Slovak Textiles and Clothing Sector, 2004-2013 253Appendix 2 Key to Figure 9.14 Dimitrovgrad Market, 2011 257References 260Index 281