Localized Global Economies on the Northern Borderlands of Mexico and Morocco

This comparative study examines the processes of development and the configurations of export industries in northern Morocco and on the northern border of Mexico. As the contributors explore the similar characteristics of these two borders, they also exam

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Antonio Trinidad Requena Rosa M. Soriano-Miras Marlene Solís Kathryn Kopinak

Localized Global Economies on the Northern Borderlands of Mexico and Morocco

Antonio Trinidad Requena Rosa M. Soriano-Miras Marlene Solís · Kathryn Kopinak Editors

Localized Global Economies on the Northern Borderlands of Mexico and Morocco

Editors Antonio Trinidad Requena University of Granada Granada, Spain

Marlene Solís El Colegio de la Frontera Norte Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Rosa M. Soriano-Miras University of Granada Granada, Spain

Kathryn Kopinak University of Western Ontario London, ON, Canada

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Contents

1 Introduction: Global Localized Economies in a Comparative Perspective 1 Antonio Trinidad Requena, Rosa M. Soriano-Miras and Marlene Solís 2 Globalization as the Worldwide Context for Understanding Local Dynamics 13 Antonio Trinidad Requena, Francisco Entrena-Durán and Marlene Solís Introduction 13 Nation-States in the Global Economic System 16 Transnationalization, Global Interconnection and Deterritorialization 20 The Localized Global Economy and Industrial Relocation 22 The Localized Global Economy: The Border Cases of Tangier/ Tetouan (Morocco) and Tijuana (Mexico) 25 Political-Institutional Governance: Incorporation of the Local Economy in Global Value Chains 29 The Transnational Firm: In Search of the Successful Product 33 Workers: Family and Personal Betterment 34 The Bor