Conventions for measuring and questioning policies: the case of 50 years of policy evaluations through a statistical survey

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

"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)

Object Details

• Alternative title: Konventionen für das Messen und die Prüfung von Policies: 50 Jahre Policy Evaluationen auf der Grundlage eines statistischen Surveys
• ISSN: 0172-6404
• Extent: Seite(n): 192-217
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Historical Social Research, 36(4)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften ; historische Entwicklung ; Objektivität ; soziale Herkunft ; Migration ; Diskriminierung ; ethnische Struktur ; soziale Klasse ; Statistik ; soziale Ungleichheit ; Humankapital ; deskriptive Studie ; historisch

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Thévenot , Laurent
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Deutschland
• (when): 2011

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.36.2011.4.192-217
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-363210
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST