Petr Pavlínek is a Professor of Geography at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and Charles University. His previous books include Economic Restructuring and Local Environmental Management in the Czech Republic (1997), Environmental Transitions: Transformation and Ecological Defence in Central and Eastern Europe (with John Pickles) (2000), A Successful Transformation? Restructuring of the Czech Automobile Industry (2008), and Dependent Growth: Foreign Investment and the Development of the Automotive Industry in East-Central Europe (2017).