The development and dissemination of statistical information is a major concern of the “Conseil national de la Résistance” to establish economic and social democracy. Through a historical sketch of the first forty years of INSEE, two periods emerge. In the first period, described as construction, the official statistic system expands and establishes its position. It is a recognized and listened institution that asserts itself but whose main eyes are focused on political and economic decision-makers. This is primarily to meet rebuilding needs. In a second step called consolidation through openness, it is a question, while relying on the work already carried out, of consolidating these achievements but above all of opening up to other users, whether at the local level in connection with the different waves of decentralization, at national level with the establishment of consultation bodies, and more generally aimed at the general public through a volontarist policy of disseminating statistical information.
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- Bibliographic Reference
- Gaël de Peretti, Béatrice Touchelay. Statistiques publiques et débat démocratique : de la création à la consolidation (1946-1987). Courrier des statistiques, 2023, Courrier des statistiques, n°9, p 7 - 23. ⟨hal-04249772⟩
- HAL Collection
- ["Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société", 'CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique', "Archives ouvertes de l'Histoire", 'HISTOIRE', 'Institut de Recherches Historiques du Septentrion', 'Université de Lille']
- HAL Identifier
- 4249772
- Institution
- INSEE
- Laboratory
- Institut de Recherches Historiques du Septentrion (IRHiS) - UMR 8529
- Published in
- France
