Science, Numbers and Politics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Prutsch, Markus J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Public policy.; World politics.; Political economy.; Statistics .; Comparative politics.; Public Policy.; Political History.; International Political Economy.; Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law.; Comparative Politics.

This study explores the dynamic relationship between science, numbers and politics. What can scientific evidence realistically do in and for politics? The volume contributes to that debate by focusing on the role of "numbers" as a means by which knowledge is expressed and through which tha...