Global Apparel Research programme

Outputs and Publications

Smith, A. (2003) ‘Power relations, industrial clusters and regional transformations: pan-European integration and outward processing in the Slovak clothing industry’, Economic Geography, 79: 17-40.

Smith, A., Bucek, M., Pickles, J. and Begg, B. (2003) ‘Global trade, European integration and the restructuring of Slovak apparel exports’, Ekonomick_ _asopis, 51: 731-748.

Smith, A., Pickles, J. and Begg, R. (2003) ‘Cutting it: European integration, trade regimes and the reconfiguration of East-Central European apparel production’, Environment and Planning A, 35: 2191-2207.

Smith, A. (2004) ‘Regions, spaces of economic practice and diverse economies in the “new Europe”’, European Urban and Regional Studies, 11: 9-25.

Smith, A., Pickles, J. and Begg, B. (2004) Response to the Commission of the European Communities Communication on ‘The Future of the Textiles and Clothing Sector in the Enlarged European Union’ (COM(2003) 649 final).

Smith, A., Pickles, J., Begg, B., Roukova, P., Bucek, M. (2005) ‘Outward processing, EU enlargement and regional relocation in the European textiles and clothing industry: reflections on the European Commission’s Communication on “The Future of the Textiles and Clothing Sector in the Enlarged European Union”’, European Urban and Regional Studies, 12: 83–91.

Smith, A. and Evans, Y. (2007) ‘Creative destruction: de-industrialisation or a ‘fashion capital for the creative industries’ in London’, Environment and Planning A, forthcoming.

Pickles, J., Smith, A., Bucek, M., Begg, R. and Roukova, P.(2007) ‘Upgrading, changing competitive pressures and diverse practices in the East European apparel industry’, Environment and Planning A, forthcoming.