Politics of Numbers CB (Population of the United States in the 1980s : A Census Monograph Series) - Hardcover

Alonso/Starr

 
9780871540157: Politics of Numbers CB (Population of the United States in the 1980s : A Census Monograph Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0871540150 ISBN 13: 9780871540157
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation, 1987

Synopsis

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

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About the Author

WILLIAM ALONSO is at Harvard University.

PAUL STARR is at Princeton University.

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Publisher
Russell Sage Foundation
Publication date
1987
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0871540150
ISBN 13 
9780871540157
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
487

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