Science, Numbers and Politics

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Prutsch, Markus J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Working Numbers - Introductory Remarks: Markus J. Prutsch
• 2. Historical Genesis of the Relation between Science, Numbers, and Politics - Section I Introduction: Kelly L. Grotke, Stephen Hastings-King
• 3. "Lies, damned lies and state-istics": counting "real inhabitants" in the census (Belgium, 1846-1947): Kaat Louckx
• 4. "What Use is it in the Long Run to Resist Something that is Bound to Happen Anyway?" the Statistical Mind Settling in 19th C. Politics: Ida H. Stamhuis
• 5. Science, numbers, and colonialism in the African Great Lakes, 1820-1910: Axel Utz
• 6. The emergence of a global economic order - From scientific internationalism to infrastructural globalism: Anat Leibler
• 7. Politics and Science Today. Section II Introduction: Kathrine von Graevenitz, Georg von Graevenitz
• 8. Politics and Policies of Statistics Independence: Jean-Guy Prévost
• 9. Measuring, Modeling, Controlling the Climate? Numerical Expertise in U.S. Climate Engineering Politics: Julia Schubert
• 10. What Counts in the Politics of Climate Change? Science, Scepticism and Emblematic Numbers: Amanda Machin, Alexander Ruser
• 11. Kings and Indicators - Options for Governing without Numbers: Wolfgang Drechsler
• 12. European and International Education Policies: Lars Lehmann, Markus J. Prutsch
• 13. Higher Purpose and Economic Reason. An essay concerning the role of numbers as guide values of European education policy: Jörg J. Dötsch
• 14. Standardizing the Context and Contextualizing the Standard - Translating PISA into PISA-D: Radhika Gorur, Estrid Sørensen, Bryan Maddox
• 15. "Let's Talk Numbers" - Parliamentary Research in Educational Affairs in Light of Political Demand for Quantification - The Knesset in Comparative Perspective: Yuval Vurgan
• 16. Science, Numbers and Politics - Concluding Comments: Lars Lehmann, Markus J. Prutsch.