Between Autonomy and Determinism: The Meso-Régulation Approach Applied to Digital Platforms

Jérémie Bastien (), Pascal Grouiez () and Thomas Lamarche ()
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Jérémie Bastien: CRIEG - Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire Economie Gestion - MSH-URCA - Maison des Sciences Humaines de Champagne-Ardenne - URCA - Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, REGARDS - Recherches en Economie Gestion Agroressources Durabilité et Santé - CRIEG - Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire Economie Gestion - MSH-URCA - Maison des Sciences Humaines de Champagne-Ardenne - URCA - Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Pascal Grouiez: UPCité - Université Paris Cité, LADYSS - Laboratoire Dynamiques Sociales et Recomposition des Espaces - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UP8 - Université Paris 8 - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UPCité - Université Paris Cité
Thomas Lamarche: UPCité - Université Paris Cité, LADYSS - Laboratoire Dynamiques Sociales et Recomposition des Espaces - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UP8 - Université Paris 8 - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UPCité - Université Paris Cité

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Abstract: This article shows that the French régulation approach, although never explicitly framed as such, relies on methods rooted in meso-level analysis, situated between micro and macro perspectives. This paves the way for a research agenda that explores how the socioeconomic arenas under study are differentiated and how their actors develop diverse institutional arrangements across groups of interest. Building on multiple case studies, we propose a conceptual framework to examine meso-régulation dynamics. These cases highlight sectoral, territorial, or professional forms of régulation that do not, however, amount to an "accumulation regime" in the classical sense. Digital platforms serve as an empirical example to test the heuristic potential of the meso-régulation perspective.

Keywords: digital platforms; differentiation; sectoral and territorial régulation; meso-level; régulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-01-01
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Published in Review of Radical Political Economics, 2026, ⟨10.1177/048661342513957⟩

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DOI: 10.1177/048661342513957

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