The Localized Global Economy in Northern Morocco

Abstract

Beginning with the concept of globalism and the theory of the global
system, the process of “industrial relocation of the Tangiers-Tetouan
región (Morocco)” has been analyzed. Labor regulation and proximity to
Europe have transformed this region into a favored destination for
transnational companies. In order to understand the discourse among
social agents which share space and interests, especially those who
occupy a position of power in the social structure, a qualitativequantitative
methodology has been used to understand the influence of
the global on the local. The central category “from expectations for
improvement to personal frustration” emerges to explain the social
processes which have transformed the región into a migration hub,
aimed at achieving the “successful product”.