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Taking into Account the Diversity of Work and Its Organization: The Worlds of Production Approach

Lucas Fabre (2025)

In Rainer Diaz-Bone & Guillemette de Larquier (eds.), Handbook of economics and sociology of conventions. Cham: Springer, Online first

Abstract. The analytical framework of “worlds of production” was developed by Michael Storper and Robert Salais in a book written in French in 1993 and translated into English in 1997. The study of worlds of production allows to understand the functioning of specific branches of production. Worlds of production are characterized by a specific coordination of the production of goods and services market, conventions, and institutions. Worlds of production are defined by the perceived quality of products and production processes. Labor conventions emerge in response to the emergence of specific markets: labor must be able to adapt to production constraints and potential hazards. Worlds of production are also shaped and stabilized by the conventions of the state, which plays a central role in economic coordination. The state is both the actor and the context of coordination. The worlds of production framework has been proven to be a veritable toolbox for social science researchers: it allows for an understanding of the trajectories of a research object in relation to their economic, geographic, social, and institutional contexts.

Table 2 State conventions and definitions of the common good. Source: Design by author inspired by Storper and Salais 1997: 207–223

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