Eau, gaz, électricité : une économie politique urbaine
Between the 1880s and the 1930s, the installation of urban utilities, such as the individual distribution of drinking water, gas, electricity, laid the foundations for a real political economy applied at the municipal level. Each city had to face the question of funding infrastructure and the type o...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Language: | Français |
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2024
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| Online Access: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | Between the 1880s and the 1930s, the installation of urban utilities, such as the individual distribution of drinking water, gas, electricity, laid the foundations for a real political economy applied at the municipal level. Each city had to face the question of funding infrastructure and the type of service administration, under direct control or by a concessionary company, and the pace of widespread connection to people. That reflected the social stakes around the « City council compromise » that was being shaped and was determining the choice of who had to pay, the taxpayer rather than the consumer, or vice -versa. |
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