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Beschreibung

A hard-hitting investigation of the racist uses of statistics-now in paperback!

Tukufu Zuberi offers a concise account of the historical connections between the development of the idea of race and the birth of social statistics. Zuberi describes how race-differentiated data are misinterpreted in the social sciences and asks searching questions about the ways racial statistics are used. He argues that statistical analysis can and must be deracialized, and that this deracialization is essential to the goal of achieving social justice for all.

A hard-hitting investigation of the racist uses of statistics-now in paperback!

Tukufu Zuberi offers a concise account of the historical connections between the development of the idea of race and the birth of social statistics. Zuberi describes how race-differentiated data are misinterpreted in the social sciences and asks searching questions about the ways racial statistics are used. He argues that statistical analysis can and must be deracialized, and that this deracialization is essential to the goal of achieving social justice for all.

Zusammenfassung
Tukufu Zuberi is professor of sociology and director of the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780816639090
ISBN-10: 0816639094
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Zuberi, Tukufu
Auflage: First edition
Hersteller: University of Minnesota Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße: 12 x 149 x 229 mm
Von/Mit: Tukufu Zuberi
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.02.2003
Gewicht: 0,319 kg
Artikel-ID: 133521309

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