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François Vatin (Ed.): Évaluer et valoriser: une sociologie économique de la mesure (nouvelle édition revue et augmentée)

Presses Universitaires du Mirail, Toulouse, 2013, 347 pp

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  1. I wish to thank Lawrence Busch for introducing me to this distinction.

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Centemeri, L. François Vatin (Ed.): Évaluer et valoriser: une sociologie économique de la mesure (nouvelle édition revue et augmentée). Hum Stud 38, 179–184 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10746-014-9336-y

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