How Numbers Rule the World
The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics
(Sprache: Englisch)
A revealing analysis of the power, politicization and domination of our everyday lives by numbers
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A revealing analysis of the power, politicization and domination of our everyday lives by numbers
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Numbers dominate global politics and, as a result, our everyday lives. Credit ratings steer financial markets and can make or break the future of entire nations. GDP drives our economies. Stock market indices flood our media and national debates. Statistical calculations define how we deal with climate change, poverty and sustainability. But what is behind these numbers?In How Numbers Rule the World, Lorenzo Fioramonti reveals the hidden agendas underpinning the use of statistics and those who control them. Most worryingly, he shows how numbers have been used as a means to reinforce the grip of markets on our social and political life, curtailing public participation and rational debate.An innovative and timely exposé of the politics, power and contestation of numbers.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „How Numbers Rule the World “
Introduction: The politics of statistics
1. The power of numbers
2. New global rulers: the untameable power of credit rating
3. Fiddling while the planet burns: the marketization of climate change
4. Measuring the unmeasurable: the financialization of nature
5. Numbers for good? The quest for aid effectiveness and social impact
Conclusion: Rethinking numbers, rethinking governance
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Lorenzo Fioramonti
- 2014, 272 Seiten, Maße: 21,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Zed Books
- ISBN-10: 1780322674
- ISBN-13: 9781780322674
Sprache:
Englisch
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