Prato or the exasperation of industrial broadcasting ; Prato ou l'exaspération de la diffusion industrielle

Abstract

The author proposes a reflection on the economic dualism of industrial societies, questioning the social conditions for diffuse industrial development. The author uses Prato, a city of Tuscany, which, since the 14th century, has been the culmination of home work networks (−) for the wool industry. The author shows that Prato, in the midst of the textile crisis, has been able to take advantage of its industrial archaism knowing it to be updated around the values of trade and success. The author (−) has also been deprived of a socio-territorial logic in industrial broadcasting, which would be based on the local political-administrative system. ; International audience This reflexion upon the economic dualism of industrial societies inquires into the social conditions of a diffuse industrial development. The example is taken of Prato, a city in Tuscany, Italy, that, since the 14th century, has grown up around networks of home-workers in the wool industry. Despite the textile crisis, Prato has taken advantage of its industrial archaism by bringing it up to date through the values of craftwork and success. There is a social-territorial logic in industrial diffusion that is articulated with the political-administrative system. ; The author proposes a reflection on the economic dualism of industrial societies, questioning the social conditions for diffuse industrial development. The author uses Prato, a city of Tuscany, which, since the 14th century, has been the culmination of home work networks (−) for the wool industry. The author shows that Prato, in the midst of the textile crisis, has been able to take advantage of its industrial archaism knowing it to be updated around the values of trade and success. The author (−) has also been deprived of a socio-territorial logic in industrial broadcasting, which would be based on the local political-administrative system. ; L'auteur propose une réflexion sur le dualisme économique des sociétés industrielles en s' interrogeant sur les conditions sociales d'un développement ...