 From "industrial districts" to "proximity": critic analysys of communication beyond spatial metaphot ?Des "districts industriels" à la "proximité": l’analyse critique de la communication au-delà de la métaphore spatiale ?Olivier Klein ()
Post-Print from HAL Abstract: This paper considers the evolutions of contemporary Regional Science as a tendency to take in account the social dimension of economic coordination phenomenon. Initially, the concept of industrial district was based on very homogeneous spatialized communities. Paradoxically, the generalization was made with a weakening of the social content of notion of territory. Then, the notion of proximity is presented. It aims to reject the normative representation of territory as matrix of every social construction. However, proximity is only a spatial metaphor, with some risks to analyse social facts. Endly, to consider economic coordination as to differentiation process is proposed in order to draw a parallel with the critic analyses of communication. Keywords: Industrial districts; local production systems; proximity; economic coodination; Districts industriels; Systèmes productifs locaux; proximité; coordination économique (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Revue d'économie régionale et urbaine, 2000, 2, pp.281-300 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-01412727 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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