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Marginality and local development in Sicily

2012

Marginality should be seen as an asset rather than a liability for a community. What does it mean to be marginal? For many people to be marginal means not to be at the center of anything; not to be used as a benchmark or standard for success, power, beauty, or abundance. There is another meaning of marginality, however, one that attaches great importance to the differences between individuals and societies. The question of marginality is not just a theoretical one, but also an institutional one. The method is to focus on specific institutional settings in order to show the importance of marginality in how we define our economic choices. This paper analyzes the economic and geographical marg…