Quand les indicateurs s’institutionnalisent. Repenser "l’au-delà du PIB" par le droit de la quantification
(2023)
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- This thesis examines from a legal perspective the establishment and use of GDP and its derivatives, on the one hand, and of a series of institutional indicators that aim to complement or replace them, on the other. It aims at analyzing the legal determinants of the "beyond-GDP paradox" according to which recent initiatives to include environmental and social macro-economic indicators in policy-making and public debate do generally not succeed. The two first parts critically investigate how the law frames the conception and use of GDP (and its derivatives) and of post-growth indicators developed in Belgium. This mapping allows to reveal a form of legal path-dependency to a growth paradigm. The third part identifies more generally the added value of the law for the normative power of indicators in public action and debate. It exposes the legal framework, the effects, and the various avenues for the development of “quantification law” beyond-GDP by public authorities.
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USL-B Séminaire interdisciplinaire d'études juridiques (SIEJ) USL-B Centre interdisciplinaire en droit constitutionnel et administratif (CIRC) 
UCLouvain SSH/IRIS-L/SIEJ - Séminaire interdisciplinaire d'études juridiques
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Vander Putten, N. (2023). Quand les indicateurs s’institutionnalisent. Repenser “l’au-delà du PIB” par le droit de la quantification. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/213624