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The measurement of unemployment in Europe with particular reference to Britain, France and Poland
The aim of the thesis is to establish a theoretical framework for the measurement of unemployment. The measurement of social phenomena is understood as a social construction. The main characteristics of the history of statistics and statistical production are identified as the state monopoly of …
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New Deal, New Details: Statistical Governance and the 1940 Census
… information fuels modern states. How did statistics become so integral to modern forms of governance? This study examines the development of the United States' 1940 Decennial Census questionnaire, which introduced questions about housing, income, and unemployment. It was also the first …