CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Figures and Tables vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction. The Crisis in Italy 1
6. Chapter 1 Breaking the Chain, Mending the Chain 31
7. Chapter 2 Crisis of Production and Crisis of Reproduction 56
8. Chapter 3 Kin and Economic Crisis in an Italian Shoe District 80
9. Chapter 4 Facing Two Crises 101
10. Chapter 5 The Global Enterprise from a Peripheral Perspective 125
11. Chapter 6 Freight Fluxes, Flexibility and Everyday Tactics 149
12. Chapter 7 The Structural Crisis of the Italian Economy and Industry 169
13. Afterword. From the Third Italy to Universal Alienation 192
14. Index 205