ABSTRACT

Economic re-localization is widely viewed as a principal mechanism for bringing greater autonomy, democracy, justice, prosperity, and general wellness to communities. Entrepreneurial initiatives that are bounded to the localized scale are a fundamental element of the underlying localism movement. The current study uses a set of theoretical constructs pulled from everyday sociology (reflexivity, contextualism, interaction) to guide a qualitative exploration of the implications of localized scale on the routine practices and day-to-day realities of localized food entrepreneurs (LFEs) in Southern Arizona, USA and Central New Mexico, USA. The findings reveal the following four attributes that characterize the influence of localized scale on the daily lives and entrepreneurial trajectories of the LFEs included in the study: set market cap, bounded experimentation, perpetual persistence, and collective currency. The findings evoke a provocative critique of the social and economic merits of localism as an alternative path toward community development.

摘要

人们普遍认为，经济重新本地化是为社区带来更大自治，民主，正义，繁荣和普遍健康的主要机制。局限于本地规模的创业计划是潜在本地主义运动的基本要素。当前的研究使用了一套从日常社会学（反身性，语境主义，互动性）中提取的理论构想，以指导性地探索本地化规模对当地食品企业家（LFEs）的日常实践和日常现实的影响。美国亚利桑那州南部和美国中部新墨西哥州。研究结果揭示了以下四个属性，这些属性表征了本地化规模对研究中所涉及的LFE的日常生活和创业轨迹的影响：设定市值，有限的实验，永久的持久性和集体的货币。调查结果引发了对地方主义的社会和经济价值的挑衅性批评，认为这是通往社区发展的另一条道路。