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Convention Theory, classification and quantification
Konventionentheorie, Klassifikation und Quantifizierung
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Abstract The article presents the main contributions of the French approach of economics of convention (EC) to the analysis of classifications and quantifications. Here, Alain Desrosières has delivered many outstanding contributions. The article shortly presents the approach of EC. Conventions are socio-cogn... view more
The article presents the main contributions of the French approach of economics of convention (EC) to the analysis of classifications and quantifications. Here, Alain Desrosières has delivered many outstanding contributions. The article shortly presents the approach of EC. Conventions are socio-cognitive resources actors rely on to achieve shared interpretations, evaluations and valuations of situations and the value of objects, persons and actions. Also, the interpretation of institutions has to apply conventions. Conventions with semantic content and without semantic content are compared, and the different scopes of convention-based coordination (in time and space) are discussed. Also the conception of a political economy of classification and quantification is presented. At the end of the article, a typology of situations of classifications and quantifications is introduced.... view less
Keywords
classification; institution; France; neoliberalism; quantification; institutional economics; social process; research approach; theory of institutions; convention
Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
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Desrosières, Alain
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 48-71
Journal
Historical Social Research, 41 (2016) 2
Issue topic
Conventions and quantification - transdisciplinary perspectives on statistics and classifications
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.41.2016.2.48-71
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed