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EAN : 9782707182494
Shaping : EPUB2
DRM : Watermark (Tatouage numérique)
KNOW AND GOVERN

Collection : Sciences humaines
Release date : 03/04/2014
Statistics are everywhere today, yet each of us vaguely senses that while they provide useful data on society, they also serve as instruments of power. Given these conditions, how can we respect the information they provide us and at the same time consider them as political? This is the key... Statistics are everywhere today, yet each of us vaguely senses that while they provide useful data on society, they also serve as instruments of power. Given these conditions, how can we respect the information they provide us and at the same time consider them as political? This is the key question this book intends to address, offering a method that allows for an understanding of the inherent ambivalence in quantitative data. In twelve historic scenes concerning neoliberal governments, international institutions, and the relationship between quantification and social sciences, the reader learns how to distinguish and sort the daily outpouring of figures.
 
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EAN : 9782707182494
Shaping : EPUB2
DRM : Watermark (Tatouage numérique)
La Découverte