In this Book
- The Politics of Numbers
- Book
- 1987
- Published by: Russell Sage Foundation
- Series: Russell Sage Foundation Census Series
summary
The Politics of Numbers is the first major study of the social and political forces behind the nation's statistics. In more than a dozen essays, its editors and authors look at the controversies and choices embodied in key decisions about how we count—in measuring the state of the economy, for example, or enumerating ethnic groups. They also examine the implications of an expanding system of official data collection, of new computer technology, and of the shift of information resources into the private sector. A Volume in the Russell Sage Foundation Census Series
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 1-6
- Part I. The Politics of Economic Measurement
- Part II. The Politics of Population Measurement
- Part III. Statistics and Democratic Politics
- Part IV. Statistics and American Federalism
- Part V. The New Political Economy of Statistics
- Name Index
- pp. 449-460
- Subject Index
- pp. 461-474
Additional Information
ISBN
9781610440028
Related ISBN(s)
9780871540157, 9780871540164
MARC Record
OCLC
915134956
Pages
490
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1987