Arrangements for market intermediation and policies. Modernizing the fruit and vegetable market in France, 1950–1980 - 08/11/11
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This article studies experiments in organizing the fruit and vegetable market from the 1950s till the late 1970s. It shows that there were alternatives to the principle of distribution, e.g. modernizing traditional wholesale markets (carreau) or setting up producer controlled veilings (marchés au cadran, or “clock auctions”). After exposing the rationale underlying each of these models, the empirical conditions are examined for actually implementing change. Attention is drawn to the factors that weigh on social actors in the market, in particular the tension between homogenization and concentration on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the uniqueness of products and transactions.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Markets, Policies, Fruit and vegetable, Fresh produce, Market arrangements, Intermediaries, France
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Translated by Gabrielle Varro. |
Vol 53 - N° S1
P. e19-e37 - novembre 2011 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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