Employment, Entrepreneurship, and Citizenship in a Globalised Economy: The Chinese in Prato

Mirela Barbu, Michael Dunford and Liu Weidong
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Mirela Barbu: School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QN, Sussex, England
Michael Dunford: Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QN, Sussex, England
Liu Weidong: Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences CAS)

Environment and Planning A, 2013, vol. 45, issue 10, 2420-2441

Abstract: Since 2000 Prato's domestic textile sector has contracted in the face of international competition. From the 1990s a large Chinese community has emerged, and since 2000 the number of Chinese clothing enterprises has increased rapidly. In recent years tensions between the Italian and Chinese communities have increased, and police investigations have risen, in part due to perceptions of unfair Chinese competition and illegality. This paper examines these tensions, their roots in differing economic practices, regulatory frameworks, and cultural values, and considers the strategies of public authorities as they seek to improve economic performance, social integration, and political stability.

Keywords: Chinese in Prato; industrial districts; migration; textiles and clothing; illegality; criminality; unfair competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1068/a45484

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