Bibtex export
@article{ Thévenot 2011, title = {Conventions for measuring and questioning policies: the case of 50 years of policy evaluations through a statistical survey}, author = {Thévenot , Laurent}, journal = {Historical Social Research}, number = {4}, pages = {192-217}, volume = {36}, year = {2011}, issn = {0172-6404}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.36.2011.4.192-217}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-363210}, abstract = {"Statistics are used to make critical judgments about society and fuel policy debates through different configurations that link together three components: a) the questioning of policy appropriateness and fairness; b) the categories and statistical tools used in evaluations; c) the economic, social and political theories invoked in interpretations and explanations. Using convention theory and the sociology of engagements, the article offers a perspective view of how these configurations have changed over nearly half a century in France, based on a single statistical source. This approach to 'the politics of statistics' identifies four main configurations around four main measurements of human characteristics: social origin, occupational skills, human capital, migration history." (author's abstract)}, keywords = {social background; discrimination; historische Entwicklung; Objektivität; soziale Herkunft; Migration; Diskriminierung; objectivity; human capital; statistics; ethnic structure; historical development; ethnische Struktur; soziale Klasse; migration; Statistik; social inequality; social class; soziale Ungleichheit; Humankapital}}