"As governments around the world embrace austerity, one of the key arguments they use is that the welfare state is unaffordable. Paying for the Welfare State in the 21st Century shows that argument to be specious, relating current debates about taxation and welfare to a deeper understanding, informed by political economy, of the relationship between taxation and spending on social services. Only by understanding the critical functions of ..."
"Data is a social phenomenon. This book examines the ways in which we are constantly engaging with data―consciously and otherwise. The authors analyze the construction and use of statistics by governmental and non-governmental organizations, looking at how statistics are used in social discourse to advance interests and to achieve particular, often political, ends. Data in Society also considers the increasing power of private corporatio ..."
Data in Society Challenging Statistics in an Age of Globalisation by Jeff Evans, SallyRuane, Humphrey Southall Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2019 by Policy Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4473-4821-4, ISBN: 1-4473-4821-4
"Data is a social phenomenon. This book examines the ways in which we are constantly engaging with data—consciously and otherwise. The authors analyze the construction and use of statistics by governmental and non-governmental organizations, looking at how statistics are used in social discourse to advance interests and to achieve particular, often political, ends. Data in Society also considers the increasing power of private corporatio ..."
Data in Society Challenging Statistics in an Age of Globalisation by Jeff Evans, SallyRuane 304 Pages, Published 2019 by Policy Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4473-4824-5, ISBN: 1-4473-4824-9
"Challenging Statistics in an Age of Globalisation Evans, Jeff, Ruane, Sally. and
Rappaport (1999) considered ... In D. Dorling and S. Simpson (eds), Statistics
and Society: The Arithmetic of Politics (pp414–420). London: Arnold. Evans, J.
and ..."
"Tax and spending in post-industrial societies Byrne, David, Ruane, Sally. "Fiscal
Erios, Elāşş-, and taxation, This Very welcomebook provides a clear analysis of
the class-based nature of tax systems in post-industrial capitalism." Nock Ellison,
University of York "This is a timely revisit to O'Connor's seminal analysis of the
Welfare state in a capitalist system. David Byrne and Sally Ruane make
animportant argument that there is ..."