How Numbers Rule the World: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics - Couverture souple

Livre 3 sur 5: Economic Controversies

Fioramonti, Lorenzo

 
9781780322674: How Numbers Rule the World: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics

Synopsis

A revealing analysis of the power, politicization and domination of our everyday lives by numbers

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À propos de l?auteur

Lorenzo Fioramonti (@globalreboot) is Associate Professor and Jean Monnet chair in regional integration and governance studies at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, where he directs the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation. He is also senior fellow at the Centre for Social Investment of the University of Heidelberg and at the Hertie School of Governance, Germany, as well as associate fellow at the United Nations University. He is the author of several books about development policies, global and regional governance, alternative economies and social progress indicators, including Gross Domestic Problem: The Politics Behind the World's Most Powerful Number (Zed Books, 2013). He blogs at www.globalreboot.org.

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