Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts : The Politics of Numbers in Global Crime and Conflict /

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""This intriguing collection of essays is a refreshing counterpoint to the all too commonly accepted view that numbers and only numbers matter to scholarship and to policy and that such numbers are but neutral and accurate reflections of fact. This volume ably demonstrates the dangers of p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Greenhill, Kelly M., 1970- (Editor ), Andreas, Peter, 1965- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Policy sciences > Statistical methods.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Sciences de la politique > Methodes statistiques > Études de cas.
Relations internationales > Statistiques > Aspect politique > Études de cas.
Criminalite internationale > Statistiques > Aspect politique > Études de cas.
Policy sciences > Statistical methods > Case studies.
International relations > Statistics > Political aspects > Case studies.
Transnational crime > Statistics > Political aspects > Case studies.
Statistics > Political aspects > Case studies.
Études de cas.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the politics of numbers / Peter Andreas and Kelly M. Greenhill
  • The politics of measuring illicit flows and policy effectiveness / Peter Andreas
  • Trafficking in numbers : the social construction of human trafficking data / David A. Feingold
  • Numbers and certification : assessing foreign compliance in combating narcotics and human trafficking / H. Richard Friman
  • The illusiveness of counting "victims" and the concreteness of ranking countries : trafficking in persons from Colombia to Japan / Kay B. Warren
  • Counting the cost : the politics of numbers in armed conflict / Kelly M. Greenhill
  • Research and repercussions of death tolls : the case of the Bosnian book of the dead / Lara J. Nettelfield
  • The ambiguous genocide : the U.S. State Department and the death toll in Darfur / John Hagan and Wenona Rymond-Richmond
  • Accounting for absence : the Colombian paramilitaries in U.S. policy debates / Winifred Tate
  • (Mis)measuring success in countering the financing of terrorism / Sue E. Eckert and Thomas J. Biersteker
  • Conclusion : the numbers in politics / Peter Andreas and Kelly M. Greenhill.

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