Un approfondissement du modèle exit-voice par l'économie de la proximité

Olivier Bouba-Olga, Ornella Boutry and Audrey Rivaud ()
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Ornella Boutry: CRIEF [Poitiers] - Centre de recherche sur l'intégration économique et financière - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers, CLERSÉ - Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Audrey Rivaud: CRIEF [Poitiers] - Centre de recherche sur l'intégration économique et financière - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers

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Abstract: This article aims to develop a theoretical analysis by combining Hirschman's exit-voice model with the recent development of proximity economics about the respective roles of geographical proximity and organised proximity in the production and management of environmental issues. We show that both exit and voice solutions depend on the actors' positioning in several social structures, i.e., geographical space, resources space and coordination structures. These theoretical findings are then applied to the issue of water resource conflicts observed in the French region drained by the river Charente. More precisely, we focus on the conflict between agriculture and oyster culture arising mainly from the intensive development of irrigation. Up to the early 2000s, we note that the conflict was difficult to solve since (i) geographical proximity was imposed on the stakeholders, (ii) mobilisation of organised proximity seemed very difficult for oyster culturists, (iii) the relation, both geographical and institutional, between agriculture and oyster culture was asymmetric. Since then, organised proximity has evolved positively thanks to the volumetric management coordinated by the River Charente Institution, which has introduced some new rules for irrigation practices. This development consolidates the voice solution and allows actors to partially solve the quantitative environmental problem they are faced with.

Keywords: Environmental conflict; exit-voice; proximity; water resources; river Charente area; eau; proximité; conflit d'usage; bassin versant de la Charente (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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Published in Natures Sciences Sociétés, 2009, 17 (4 - Dossier « Économie de la proximité »), pp.381-390. ⟨10.1051/nss/2009063⟩

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DOI: 10.1051/nss/2009063

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