Metric Society on the Quantification of the Social, Paperback

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Publisher: The University of Chicago PressIllustration(s): 2 halftones, 5 tablesNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 151 x 230 x 2...

Indicators simplify complex issues and produce numeric evidence to guide and justify decision-making. However, we know little about the social proc...

A distinguished international group of scholars traces the history of the social sciences, describes the recent debates surrounding them, and discu...

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As financial markets expand and continue to refashion the world in their own image, the wealth of capitalist societies no longer presents itself, a...

"The innovative essays in this volume . . . demonstrat e] the potential of the perspective of the affects in a wide range of fields and with a vari...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressIllustration(s): 2 halftones, 5 tablesNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 158 x 237 x 2...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an established methodology used to quantify the environmental impacts of products, processes and services. Circular ...

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