ABSTRACT
The recent debate about globalisation has been marked by a contraposition of the continuity and discontinuity points of view. Those favouring the former think that the globalisation at the end of the 1900s is nothing but the resumption of the long-standing well-known ‘internationalisation’ of the capitalist economy (Hirst and Thompson 1999). Those favouring the latter viewpoint believe, instead, in the radical novelty of the current phase, so that the term ‘globalisation’ pertains only to this new reality (Ohmae 1995). Such a polarity recurs in respect of the relevance of territories and space in the global economy.
