Official Statistics and the Welfare State : Measuring Poverty in Britain and West Germany (19702020)
by
Alex Fenton
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Histoire
ISBN-10
3837657515
ISBN-13
9783837657517
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Imprint
Transcript Verlag
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 1st, 2029
Print length
370 Pages
Product Classification:
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000Poverty & unemploymentSocial mobility
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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.
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