From populations to pandemics, official statistics are indispensable to thinking about modern society. Alex Fenton sets out a sociological approach to analysing how these powerful numbers are produced by government agencies and their fight over them. He shows how statistics extend the capacities of the state and represent social problems. Using archives, interviews, and official publications, he presents a detailed case study of the development of poverty and income statistics in Britain and West Germany. With this, the book demonstrates the importance of historical analysis and underlines the ambivalent position of official statistics between politics, government, and science.
- ISBN10 3837657515
- ISBN13 9783837657517
- Publish Date 15 September 2022
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country DE
- Imprint Transcript Verlag
- Format Paperback
- Pages 370
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=9783837657517