This paper refers to the industrial structures of two different, and one might say opposite poles of the regional spectrum, areas of Greece and attempt to (re)construct a series of theoretical questions concerning the trends of industrial restructuring and the prospects of «local development» in the 1980s. It seems that after the successive crises of the 1970s and the events associated with a still ongoing restructuring of capital on a world scale, no single region can expect to maintain strong or even significant control over the productive activities located within its borders. On the contrary, the regions, though stoning from a different base and presenting different responses, are also faced with many common problems, especially in respect to the integration of local productive systems.
