Includes bibliographical references (pages [296]-311) and indexes.
Introduction : growth, inequality and the territorial division of labour -- Convergence, divergence, regional economic performance and the new economic geographies -- Theorizing regional economic performance and the changing territorial division of labour : value chains, industrial networks, competition and governance -- Growth and inequality : the political economy of Italian development -- Institutional dynamics and regional performance -- Italian regional evolutions -- Industrial change and regional development : the changing sectoral profile of regional development and the evolving regional profile of industrial change -- Globalization, industrial restructuring and the Italian motor vehicle industry -- Reconfiguring industrial activities and places : the Italian chemical industry -- Conclusions and further remarks