LEADER 05919nam 22005535 450 001 9910255351603321 005 20230810190339.0 010 $a3-319-44000-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-44000-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000873260 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-44000-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4699982 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000873260 100 $a20160929d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Social Sciences of Quantification $eFrom Politics of Large Numbers to Target-Driven Policies /$fedited by Isabelle Bruno, Florence Jany-Catrice, Béatrice Touchelay 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (XI, 204 p.) 225 1 $aLogic, Argumentation & Reasoning, Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences,$x2214-9139 ;$v13 311 $a3-319-43999-5 320 $aIncudes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. 327 $aPART 1: Sociology of Quantification: Alain Desrosičres's contributions Chapter 1. Introduction to the work of Alain Desrosičres: the history and sociology of quantification; Michel Armatte -- Chapter 2. Alain Desrosičres?s reflexive numbers Luc Boltanski -- Chapter 3. Alain Desrosičres?s spectacles: one lens realist, the other constructivist; Emmanuel Didier -- Chapter 4. From statistics to international quantification: a dialogue with Alain Desrosičres; Roser Cussó -- Chapter 5. Learning from the history of the probabilistic revolution: the French school of Alain Desrosičres; Fabrice Bardet PART 2. THE STATISTICAL ARGUMENT IN THE NEOLIBERAL ERA CHAPTER 6. Quantifying the effects of public action on the unemployed: disputes between experts and the rethinking of labour market policies in France (1980?2000); Etienne Penissat -- CHAPTER 7. Counting the homeless in Europe: ?compare before harmonising?; Cécile Brousse -- CHAPTER 8. The statistical backbone of the new European economic governance: the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure Scoreboard; Gilles Raveaud -- CHAPTER 9. Evaluating public policies or measuring the performance of public services?; Florence Jany?Catrice PART 3 : USES OF QUANTIFICATION : POWER AND RESISTANCE CHAPTER 10. Private accounting, statistics and national accounting in France: a unique relationship (1920?1960s); Béatrice Touchelay -- CHAPTER 11: Figures for what purposes? The issues at stake in the struggles to define and control the uses of statistics; Marion Gilles -- CHAPTER 12 : The uses of quantification: power and resistance. The example of unemployment statistics -- Chapter 13 : Statistical argument: construction, uses and controversies Prices and purchasing power; Alain Gély -- CHAPTER 14 : The quantification of the social sciences: an historical comparison; Alain Desrosičres. 330 $aThis book details how quantification can serve both as evidence and as an instrument of government, whether when dealing with statistics on employment, occupational health and economic governance, or when developing public management or target-driven policies. In the process, it presents a thought-provoking homage to Alain Desrosičres, who pioneered ways to study large numbers and the politics underlying them. It opens with a summary of Desrosičres's contributions to the field in which several generations of researchers detail how this statistician and historian profoundly influenced them. This tribute, based on personal testimonies, bears witness to the vitality of the school of thought and analytical framework Desrosičres initiated. Next, a collection of essays explores the statistical argument in the neoliberal era, examining issues such as counting the homeless in Europe, measuring the performance of public services, and quantifying the effects of public action on the unemployed in France. The third part details the uses of quantification. It reveals that although statistics are frequently used to the advantage of those in power, they can also play a vital role in challenging and resisting both the conventions underlying the measurements as well as the measurements themselves. Featuring the work of economists, historians, political scientists, sociologists, and statisticians, this title provides readers with a thoughtful look at an influential figure in the history of statistics. It also shows how statistics are used to direct public policy, the degree of conflict that is possible in their production, and the disputes that can develop around their uses. 410 0$aLogic, Argumentation & Reasoning, Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences,$x2214-9139 ;$v13 606 $aPhilosophy and social sciences 606 $aSocial sciences$xStatistical methods 606 $aSociology$xMethodology 606 $aPhilosophy of the Social Sciences 606 $aStatistics in Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Education, Behavorial Sciences, Public Policy 606 $aSociological Methods 615 0$aPhilosophy and social sciences. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xStatistical methods. 615 0$aSociology$xMethodology. 615 14$aPhilosophy of the Social Sciences. 615 24$aStatistics in Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Education, Behavorial Sciences, Public Policy. 615 24$aSociological Methods. 676 $a300.1 702 $aBruno$b Isabelle$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aJany-Catrice$b Florence$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aTouchelay$b Béatrice$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910255351603321 996 $aThe Social Sciences of Quantification$92523273 997 $aUNINA