Samuel Boris. (2021). The shifting legitimacies of price measurements : official statistics and the quantification of Pwofitasyon in the 2009 social struggle in Guadeloupe. In :
Mennicken A. (ed.), Salais R. (ed.). The new politics of numbers : utopia, evidence and democracy. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 337-377. (Executive Politics and Governance). ISBN 978-3-030-78200-9.
Titre du document
The shifting legitimacies of price measurements : official statistics and the quantification of Pwofitasyon in the 2009 social struggle in Guadeloupe
Année de publication
2021
Type de document
Partie d'ouvrage
Auteurs
Samuel Boris
In
Mennicken A. (ed.), Salais R. (ed.) The new politics of numbers : utopia, evidence and democracy
Source
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021,
337-377 (Executive Politics and Governance). ISBN 978-3-030-78200-9
In 2009, Guadeloupe experienced a historic 44 day-long strike against the high cost of living. The union-led collective (LKP) leading the strike used calculations and figures as a weapon to prove that players holding dominant market positions captured undue profits ('pwofitasyon'). Also, official price indexes were subjected to radical political criticism by the LKP actors. Yet, by using averages, these calculations could not account for the existence of individual abusive prices. The 'statactivistic' momentum resulted in a shift of the legitimate price measurement methods. Calculation was, however, also the collective's Achilles heel. LKP members' use of numbers established only a temporary favourable balance of power in the negotiations. It was not enough for them to compete with the state's calculative skills on an equal basis.
Plan de classement
Analyse de données [020STAT02]
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Sciences économiques [094SCECO]
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Politique sociale, problèmes sociaux [106PROSO]
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Sciences politiques [114SCIPO]
