Politicians Manipulating Statistics

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Beschreibung

Highly original and insightful, Billig and Marinho's book investigates how politicians misuse official statistics. Setting this problem in its historical context - and offering vivid case studies of Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Gérald Darmanin - the authors demonstrate that the manipulation of statistics involves the misuse of words as well as the misuse of numbers. Most importantly, the authors show that politicians will manipulate official statisticians to produce politically convenient, but statistically inappropriate, numbers. Another unique part of the book is that the authors are not content with analysing how statistics are manipulated, but they also rigorously analyse the efforts of statistical agencies in France and Britain to combat such manipulation. The chapters herald unsung heroes who operate largely 'behind the scenes' to expose and oppose the corruption of statistics. An indispensable read for anyone concerned with the intersection of power and data.

Über den Autor

Michael Billig is Emeritus Professor at Loughborough University. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and received the British Psychological Society's 2023 award for Lifetime Achievement.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The rise of statistics; 3. Different ways of manipulating; 4. Donald trump: master manipulator; 5. Manipulating statistics and statisticians; 6. Establishing a statistical authority in Britain; 7. Establishing a statistical authority in France; 8. Gérald Darmanin: populism against statistics; 9. Boris Johnson: untruthful words and numbers; 10. How a manipulated covid target was exposed; 11. Final comments; Notes; Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Fachbereich:	Theoretische Psychologie
Genre:	Importe , Psychologie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781009488167
ISBN-10:	1009488163
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Billig, Michael Marinho, Cristina
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Michael Billig (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	03.03.2025
Gewicht:	0,39 kg