European Sociological Review 16:93-114 (2000)
© 2000 Oxford University Press
Globalization and socio-economic restructuring in Andalusia. Challenges and possible alternatives
0 University of Granada, Granada, Spain
After setting out a general theoretical approach to the intensification of socio-economic dynamics, the tendency towards deterritorialization, attempts at reterritorialization, and other socio-economic restructuring brought about in local or regional territories by globalization, this article focuses on how these processes are affecting Andalusia, a region in the south of Spain. The globalization of the economy of this traditionally agricultural and underdeveloped region over recent decades has gone hand in hand with a remarkable process of modernization and economic growth. In spite of this, Andalusia is still one of the socio-economic backwaters of Europe with a high rate of unemployment and higher levels of poverty in all its eight provinces than the Spanish average. Globalization exacerbated these difficulties, but it has also created new opportunities for the region which now has an autonomous government and has acquired new powers over many areas of its socio-economic life. The article concludes by reflecting on some possible alternatives to current Andalusian policies, and suggesting how they might respond to the challenges of globalization in order to further Andalusia's socio-economic opportunities in the new global context.
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