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@article{ Behrisch2016, title = {Statistics and politics in the 18th century}, author = {Behrisch, Lars}, journal = {Historical Social Research}, number = {2}, pages = {238-257}, volume = {41}, year = {2016}, issn = {0172-6404}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.41.2016.2.238-257}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-468699}, abstract = {The article first gives an overview over the early history of statistics in politics, and then zooms in on the first attempts at establishing a nationwide agrarian statistics in pre-revolutionary France. Attention is given to the obstacles as well as to the long-term successes in standardizing and quantifying agrarian productivity. The corresponding learning experience, both in terms of concepts and practice, was a condition for the institutionalization of statistics in the early nineteenth century. It had its roots in the secular-utilitarian agenda of "enlightened absolutism" and its focus on a systematic and state-sponsored relaunch of the national economy. (author's abstract)}, keywords = {agricultural production; historische Entwicklung; Physiokratismus; France; Agrarproduktion; quantification; politische Ökonomie; eighteenth century; political economy; Frankreich; physiocratism; 18. Jahrhundert; statistics; historical development; Statistik; Quantifizierung}}