Quantifying the World - Un Ideas and Statistics

Informationen zum Autor Michael Ward Klappentext Quantifying the World reveals some of the missed opportunities for pursuing alternative models. Zusammenfassung Explores the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of the UN's statistical work and how each dimension has provided opportunities for describing the well-being of the world community. This book reveals some of the missed opportunities for pursuing alternative models. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Boxes, Tables, Charts, and Figures ForewordLouis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. Weiss Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Prologue 1. Ideas and Statistics: An Introduction 2. The Economic Dimension 3. The Social Dimension 4. The Environmental Dimension 5. Other Statistical Dimensions Epilogue: Success, Missed Opportunities, and the Continuing Agenda in Statistics Appendix: ILO Special Topics Notes Index About the Author About the UN Intellectual History Project

Product details

• Authors: Michael Ward, Ward Michael
• Assisted by: Louis Emmerij (Editor), Richard Jolly (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.04.2004
• EAN: 9780253216748
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21674-8
• No. of pages: 253
• Series: United Nations Intellectual Hi; United Nations Intellectual Hi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education