Science, Numbers and Politics
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| Summary: | XV, 386 p. 10 illus., 4 illus. in color. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2019.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11208-0 |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Table of Contents:
- 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.