Changing industrial production systems and regional development in the New Europe

Hudson, R.

doi:10.1111/1475-5661.00055

Changing industrial production systems and regional development in the New Europe

Hudson, R.

Authors

Ray Hudson ray.hudson@durham.ac.uk

Abstract

The continuing expansion and deepening integration of the European Union is redefining the map of threats and opportunities for both companies and regions in Europe. In this paper I analyze the changing geography of the production system in three industries – automobiles, clothing and steel – as a product of the strategies and tactics of companies, states (at EU, national and regional levels) and trades unions, as they seek to shape geographies of production to favour their interests within this changing European political–economic space. It is argued that the end product of this process will be the creation of new and sharper forms of regional uneven development and qualitative differentiation between regions, as well as a renewed widening rather than further narrowing of regional differences in economic performance and well–being.

Citation

Hudson, R. (2002). Changing industrial production systems and regional development in the New Europe. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 27(3), 262-281. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-5661.00055

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	2002-09
Deposit Date	Mar 26, 2008
Publicly Available Date	Mar 26, 2008
Journal	Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
Print ISSN	0020-2754
Electronic ISSN	1475-5661
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	27
Issue	3
Pages	262-281
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-5661.00055
Keywords	Automobile, Clothing, Steel, Regional difference, Economic development, European Union.