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Abstract
The present article has two objectives. The first one is to give an update of thc
literature concerning sector-based and territorial regulation after the publication of the book
"Théorie de la régulation, l'état des savoirs" (1995). Tnue new contributions are 0r
ganlsed around the nltilns of'productive configuration' and'governance structure', the fornter
bringing up the problens regarding the boundaries of the regulation sphere and the plurality
of^productive clnfigurations, and the latær intrlducing the dynanics of collective
action. uonsequently there two notions call for a re reading of the regulationist approach
which not only involves c and stratesic.
)ur second objectivt is to French auricul
ture during the period of appropriate for
ducribing a plurality of configurations In contrast t0 the representation of a fordist agri
culture as a unique productivist configuration regulated by sector-based institutions, our interpretative
hypothesis is based on twl clexisting prlductivist agricultura) systems, a first one
nade up of nedjun-sized farms supported by the devdopnent of industrial capital and a second
one c\nsisting of large-sized farns sæking t0 prltect thenselves fron industrial capita).