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New forms of labor, that have had political and social disruptive effects in cities with legacies of Fordist modes of production, in Prato have been relatively smoothly grafted into pre-existing customs and values typical of the Italian industrial districts, at least in the first years.
Yet, somehow paradoxically, Prato, the very place that back in the 1970s inspired the creation of the neologism ‘submerged economy’, is now the only place in Italy where migrant entrepreneurship, which brings one-step further a deregulated approach to entrepreneurship, has first been criminalized and is now patrolled.
By shedding light on the interests of the different stakeholders in different places and how they are played out as well as by deconstructing the rich tapestry of narratives that make up the dominant discourse and construct the social reality, the author strives to untangle the dynamics involved in the place-making of Prato.
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Ceccagno, A. (2017). Conclusions. In: City Making and Global Labor Regimes. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59981-6_8
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