Editors:
- Examines the role of numbers for and in politics
- Argues that numbers are a connecting device between science and politics
- Sheds light on the current distrust in expert and scientific knowledge.
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Historical Genesis of the Relation Between Science, Numbers and Politics
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Front Matter
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Science and Politics Today
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Front Matter
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European and International Education Policies
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Heidelberg, Germany
Markus J. Prutsch
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Science, Numbers and Politics
Editors: Markus J. Prutsch
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11208-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-11207-3Published: 14 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-11208-0Published: 04 June 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 386
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Policy, Political History, International Political Economy, Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Comparative Politics