Titlebook: Science, Numbers and Politics; Markus J. Prutsch Book 2019 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Spr

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Book 2019 The volume contributes to that debate by focusing on the role of “numbers” as a means by which knowledge is expressed and through which that knowledge can be transferred into the political realm. Based on the assumption that numbers are constantly being actively created, translated, and used, and t

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,“Working Numbers”—Introductory Remarks,ted in the idea of “Working Numbers”. Put systematically, the triad of “science, numbers and politics” can be seen to correspond to that of the “production”, “transfer/translation” and “use” of numbers.

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Science, Numbers and Politics: Concluding Commentsfrom the research findings will be presented, intended to provide a more practice-oriented outlook and suggestions as to how numbers should be managed more purposefully and realistically in the political realm.

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,“Working Numbers”—Introductory Remarks,s”: they are constantly (and actively) being created, translated and used and therefore need to be interpreted in their respective and particular contexts so that their significance in actual political contexts can be better understood. This active, conceptual understanding of “numbers” is encapsula

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“What Use Is It in the Long Run to Resist Something That Is Bound to Happen Anyway?” The Statisticale settlement of official statistics in the Netherlands after 1850. The more democratic political system created a demand for information to get insight in the intervention of government in society, which was increasingly carried out by an expanding civil service. The involved politicians and officia

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Science, Numbers and Colonialism in the African Great Lakes , 1820–1910rtesian mappings to achieve their primary goals of expropriating economic resources, establishing political dominance, and claiming cultural superiority. Though colonial scientists constantly needed Great Lakes people for information and supplies, they had little regard for Great Lakes society. The