Reverse engineering and emotional attachments as mechanisms mediating the effects of quantification

Historical Social Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 280-304

  Espeland, Wendy ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alain Desrosieres; Causal mechanisms; Emotional attachments; Quantification; Rankings; Reverse engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979815301     PISSN: 01726404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12759/hsr.41.2016.2.280-304     Document Type: Review

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