Government Statistical Agencies and the Politics of Credibility

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Credibility and official statistics; 2. Australia; 3. Canada; 4. Sweden; 5. The United Kingdom; 6. The United States of America; 7. Conclusions; Notes; List of cited interviews by order of appearance; References; Index.

About the author

Cosmo Howard is Senior Lecturer, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University. He has taught political science, public policy and administration in Australia and Canada. His research has been published in several books and leading international journals including Governance and Public Administration. He has worked as a consultant for Australian and Canadian governments.

Summary

Who decides how official statistics are produced? Do politicians have control or are decisions left to independent statistical agencies? Interviews with statisticians in Australia, Canada, Sweden, the UK and the USA reveal that the power over statistics is distributed differently across countries, and this book explains why.

Foreword

Presents an interview-based study of how political and professional agendas affect government statistical agencies in five liberal democracies.

Product details

• Authors: Cosmo Wyndham Howard, Cosmo Wyndham (Griffith University Howard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9781108811750
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81175-0
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Finance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Econometrics, Economic statistics, Comparative Politics, Econometrics, Econometrics and economic statistics, Finance and the finance industry