Science, Numbers and Politics

1. Working Numbers - Introductory Remarks: Markus J. Prutsch
2. Historical Genesis of the Relation between Science, Numbers, and Politics - Section I Introduction: Kelly L. Grotke, Stephen Hastings-King
3. "Lies, damned lies and state-istics": counting "real inhabitants" in the census (Belgium, 1846-1947): Kaat Louckx
4. "What Use is it in the Long Run to Resist Something that is Bound to Happen Anyway?" the Statistical Mind Settling in 19th C. Politics: Ida H. Stamhuis
5. Science, numbers, and colonialism in the African Great Lakes, 1820-1910: Axel Utz
6. The emergence of a global economic order - From scientific internationalism to infrastructural globalism: Anat Leibler
7. Politics and Science Today. Section II Introduction: Kathrine von Graevenitz, Georg von Graevenitz
8. Politics and Policies of Statistics Independence: Jean-Guy Prévost
9. Measuring, Modeling, Controlling the Climate? Numerical Expertise in U.S. Climate Engineering Politics: Julia Schubert
10. What Counts in the Politics of Climate Change? Science, Scepticism and Emblematic Numbers: Amanda Machin, Alexander Ruser
11. Kings and Indicators - Options for Governing without Numbers: Wolfgang Drechsler
12. European and International Education Policies: Lars Lehmann, Markus J. Prutsch
13. Higher Purpose and Economic Reason. An essay concerning the role of numbers as guide values of European education policy: Jörg J. Dötsch
14. Standardizing the Context and Contextualizing the Standard - Translating PISA into PISA-D: Radhika Gorur, Estrid Sørensen, Bryan Maddox
15. "Let's Talk Numbers" - Parliamentary Research in Educational Affairs in Light of Political Demand for Quantification - The Knesset in Comparative Perspective: Yuval Vurgan
16. Science, Numbers and Politics - Concluding Comments: Lars Lehmann, Markus J. Prutsch