{"product_id":"9783030782030","title":"The New Politics of Numbers Utopia, Evidence and Democracy","description":"\u003ch3\u003eExecutive Politics and Governance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe New Politics of Numbers\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eUtopia, Evidence and Democracy\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAndrea Mennicken | Robert Salais\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Public Policy \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis open access book offers unique insight into how and where ideas and instruments of quantification have been adopted, and how they have come to matter. Rather than asking what quantification is, \u003ci\u003eNew Politics of Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e explores what quantification does, its manifold consequences in multiple domains. It scrutinizes the power of numbers in terms of the changing relations between numbers and democracy, the politics of evidence, and dreams and schemes of bettering society. The book engages Foucault inspired studies of quantification and the economics of convention in a critical dialogue. In so doing, it provides a rich account of the plurality of possible ways in which numbers have come to govern, highlighting not only their disciplinary effects, but also the collective mobilization capacities quantification can offer. This book will be invaluable reading for academics and graduate students in a wide variety of disciplines, as well as policymakers interested in the opportunitiesand pitfalls of governance by numbers.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Mennicken\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Accounting at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and Co-Director of the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (LSE), UK. In 2013-2014 she was a Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Salais\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Researcher at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris-Saclay, France, and member of the Institutions and Historical Dynamics of the Economy and Society (IDHES) Centre, France. He was a Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany, in 2005-2006 and of the Nantes Institute of Advanced Studies, France, in 2011-2012\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 October 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLondon School of Economics and Political Science\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783030782030\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e497\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"London School of Economics and Political Science","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51219965345932,"sku":"9783030782030","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030782030.jpg?v=1783032730","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783030782030","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}