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Given the variety of theoretical lenses for the studies of productive agglomerations, the following paper has as a central objective to analyze and differentiate five widely used theoretical frameworks, namely: industrial districts, clusters, local productive systems, local productive arrangements and localized agrifood systems. For this purpose, the revision of pertinent theoretical literature is fundamentally used as a methodology, using five assessment criteria: theoretical / methodological rigor, use in the field, way of approaching the territory, explicit use in agricultural / agro-industrial issues and size of the analysis units . The reflection achieved indicates that industrial district shows great strength in terms of theoretical rigor, unlike approaches such as cluster or local productive arrangements. Similarly, industrial districts, together with localized agri-food systems, highlight the importance of the territory in their approaches. This last approach is especially useful for the study of agricultural and agroindustrial issues.




Augusto Mussi-Alvim, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Doctor en Economía- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Coordinador y profesor titular del Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia de la Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Paulo Dabdab-Waquil, Profesor titular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil

Doctor en Economía Agrícola – University of Wisconsin (Madison). Profesor titular del Departamento de Economía y Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. 

Ayala-Durán, C., Mussi-Alvim, A., & Dabdab-Waquil, P. (2019). Productive agglomerations, territory and theoretical approaches for rural studies. Sociedad Y Economía, (39). https://doi.org/10.25100/sye.v0i39.7381