Social and Solidarity economy in the declining industrial area in France

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26300033
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Human geography
• Research Institution: Osaka City University
• Principal Investigator: TATEMI JUNYA 大阪市立大学, 大学院創造都市研究科, 准教授 (50422762)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 大貝 健二 北海学園大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (00547838) ; 長尾 謙吉 大阪市立大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 教授 (50301429) ; 本多 哲夫 大阪市立大学, 大学院経営学研究科, 教授 (50336799) ; 大田 康博 徳山大学, 経済学部, 教授 (90299321) ; 小川 亮 大阪市立大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 准教授 (40707999)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 社会連帯経済 / 脱工業化 / 地域産業政策

Outline of Final Research Achievements

With the radical transformation of industrial structures, old industrial cities and regions are challenged seriously. In this research project, we investigated a possibility of an alternative urban and local economy, through the field research on Lille metroporitan area, ex-industrial area in great decline after World War Ⅱ, in the northern France. Confronting social problems such as grave unemployment, this region is seeing a remarkable development of social and solidarity economy, by balancing two different domains: third sector and market economy. We tried to seize its caracteristics and possibilities, through interviews with various actors.

Free Research Field

経済地理学