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How I Met my Partner: Reconsidering Proximities

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  • Olivier Bouba-Olga

    (CRIEF [Poitiers] - Centre de recherche sur l'intégration économique et financière - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers)

  • Michel Grossetti

    (LISST - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités, Sociétés, Territoires - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - UT2J - Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - UT - Université de Toulouse - ENSFEA - École Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l'Enseignement Agricole de Toulouse-Auzeville - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INP - PURPAN - Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Purpan - Toulouse INP - Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) - UT - Université de Toulouse)

  • Marie Ferru

    (CRIEF [Poitiers] - Centre de recherche sur l'intégration économique et financière - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers)

Abstract

We propose to stress three cross-sectional limitations on proximity analyses: i) the lack of a distinction between the question of how the relationship between actors unfolds and that of how relations are established between actors, ii) the way the market is ignored as an essential means of forging relations, iii) the importance of distinguishing several levels of action. To demonstrate the significance of our approach, we also summarise the results of several studies conducted by us with other colleagues based on the theoretical framework introduced in this chapter.

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  • Olivier Bouba-Olga & Michel Grossetti & Marie Ferru, 2014. "How I Met my Partner: Reconsidering Proximities," Post-Print hal-00956715, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00956715
    DOI: 10.4337/9781781002896
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