6. The Misuse of Numbers: Audits, Quantification, and the Obfuscation of Politics

James C. Scott; Matthew A. Light

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Scott, James C. and Light, Matthew A.. "6. The Misuse of Numbers: Audits, Quantification, and the Obfuscation of Politics". Democratic Vistas: Reflections on the Life of American Democracy, edited by Jedediah Purdy, Anthony T. Kronman and Cynthia Farrar, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, pp. 115-137. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300130485-007

Scott, J. & Light, M. (2008). 6. The Misuse of Numbers: Audits, Quantification, and the Obfuscation of Politics. In J. Purdy, A. Kronman & C. Farrar (Ed.), Democratic Vistas: Reflections on the Life of American Democracy (pp. 115-137). New Haven: Yale University Press. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300130485-007

Scott, J. and Light, M. 2008. 6. The Misuse of Numbers: Audits, Quantification, and the Obfuscation of Politics. In: Purdy, J., Kronman, A. and Farrar, C. ed. Democratic Vistas: Reflections on the Life of American Democracy. New Haven: Yale University Press, pp. 115-137. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300130485-007

Scott, James C. and Light, Matthew A.. "6. The Misuse of Numbers: Audits, Quantification, and the Obfuscation of Politics" In Democratic Vistas: Reflections on the Life of American Democracy edited by Jedediah Purdy, Anthony T. Kronman and Cynthia Farrar, 115-137. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300130485-007

Scott J, Light M. 6. The Misuse of Numbers: Audits, Quantification, and the Obfuscation of Politics. In: Purdy J, Kronman A, Farrar C (ed.) Democratic Vistas: Reflections on the Life of American Democracy. New Haven: Yale University Press; 2008. p.115-137. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300130485-007

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Frontmatter i
Contents v
Introduction 1
1. The Democratic Soul 16
2. Lincoln and Whitman as Representative Americans 36
3. Public Emblem, Private Realm: Family and Polity in the United States 53
4. Can Religion Tolerate Democracy? (And Vice Versa?) 67
5. Taking Democracy to School 99
6. The Misuse of Numbers: Audits, Quantification, and the Obfuscation of Politics 115
7. Neither Capitalist nor American: The Democracy as Social Movement 138
8. Democracy and the Market 154
9. Democracy and Distribution 173
10. Democracy and Foreign Policy 205
11. Dinner with Democracy 222
12. American Democracy and the Origins of the Biomedical Revolution 236
13. Computers and Democracy 258
Contributors 273
Index 275

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Frontmatter i
Contents v
Introduction 1
1. The Democratic Soul 16
2. Lincoln and Whitman as Representative Americans 36
3. Public Emblem, Private Realm: Family and Polity in the United States 53
4. Can Religion Tolerate Democracy? (And Vice Versa?) 67
5. Taking Democracy to School 99
6. The Misuse of Numbers: Audits, Quantification, and the Obfuscation of Politics 115
7. Neither Capitalist nor American: The Democracy as Social Movement 138
8. Democracy and the Market 154
9. Democracy and Distribution 173
10. Democracy and Foreign Policy 205
11. Dinner with Democracy 222
12. American Democracy and the Origins of the Biomedical Revolution 236
13. Computers and Democracy 258
Contributors 273
Index 275

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