Focusing on the garment industry in seven world cities –- Paris, London, Birmingham, Amsterdam, New York, Miami and Los Angeles -– this book tackles the complex relationship between the development of immigrant entrepreneurship and the shift to global, post-industrial urban economies. The interconnections among immigrant entrepreneurs, social networks, market conditions and regulatory matters are thoroughly explored in an international comparative way. Starting from the idea that general social, economic and political processes manifest themselves in ever changing, historically specific shapes, the contributors offer intriguing insights into the dynamics of entrepreneurial management against the backcloth of such processes as: the differential spatial impact of economic restructuring; the significance of governance at various levels; and the conditional use of social capital. With contributions from leading experts in the field, this is a must for those wishing to supplement their knowledge in globalization, labor, economics and immigration and the garment industry broadly speaking.  

Chapter 1
Needle Games: Mixed Embeddedness of Immigrant Entrepreneurs
by Jan Rath 

Chapter 2
Paris: A Historical View
by Nancy L. Green

Chapter 3
London: Economic Differentiation and Policy-Making 
by Prodromos Panayiotopoulos (aka Mike Pany) & Marja Dreef

Chapter 4
The West Midlands: Still Managing to Survive
by Monder Ram, Bob Jerrard & Joy Husband

Chapter 5
Amsterdam: Stitched Up
by Stephan Raes, Jan Rath, Marja Dreef, Adem Kumcu, Flavia Reil & Aslan Zorlu

Chapter 6
New York: Caught under the Fashion Runway
by Yu Zhou

Chapter 7
Miami: Ethnic Succession and Failed Restructuring
Guillermo Grenier and Alex Stepick

Chapter 8
Los Angeles: Wearing out their Welcome
Ivan Light and Victoria D. Ojeda

Chapter 9
Sewing up Seven Cities
Jan Rath

On the authors
List of tables
List of figures
References
Index 

Overview of my publications
Racism
Islam/Muslims
General issues
Immigrant education
Miscellaneous issues
Migration/ethnic studies
Immigrant entrepreneurship
Immigrant political participation

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