@incollection{fdi:010085018,
  title = {{T}he shifting legitimacies of price measurements : official statistics and the quantification of {P}wofitasyon in the 2009 social struggle in {G}uadeloupe},
  author = {{S}amuel, {B}oris},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n 2009, {G}uadeloupe experienced a historic 44 day-long strike against the high cost of living. {T}he 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'). {A}lso, official price indexes were subjected to radical political criticism by the {LKP} actors. {Y}et, by using averages, these calculations could not account for the existence of individual abusive prices. {T}he 'statactivistic' momentum resulted in a shift of the legitimate price measurement methods. {C}alculation was, however, also the collective's {A}chilles heel. {LKP} members' use of numbers established only a temporary favourable balance of power in the negotiations. {I}t was not enough for them to compete with the state's calculative skills on an equal basis.},
  keywords = {{GUADELOUPE} ; {FRANCE} ; {REUNION}},
  booktitle = {{T}he new politics of numbers : utopia, evidence and democracy},
  numero = {},
  pages = {337--377},
  address = {{C}ham},
  publisher = {{P}algrave {M}acmillan},
  series = {{E}xecutive {P}olitics and {G}overnance},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.1007/978-3-030-78201-6_11},
  ISBN = { 978-3-030-78200-9},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010085018},
}