Globalisation, local capitalism and fishery communities in change

The article discusses relations between globalisation and local capitalism. Despite an increased globalisation of the international economy, economic actors continue to be spatially and culturally situated. A methodology to d iscuss global;local relations is presented, and applied in a fishery-depend ent region in Norway. An intensive study of two important fishery communiti es describes and explains how spatial and cultural conditions influence the integration of fish processing firms in the global economy. (C) 2001 Elsev ier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.