Narrating numbers

The World of Indicators: The Making of Governmental Knowledge through Quantification

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 56-75

  Espeland, Wendy ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84952901705     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781316091265.003     Document Type: Chapter

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