1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990007937720403321

Titolo

I laureati in Italia : le indagini di AlmaLaurea su scelte formative, orientamento al lavoro e occupabilità / a cura di Andrea Cammelli e Michele La Rosa ; scritti di Vando Borghi ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : FrancoAngeli, 2004

ISBN

88-464-5881-8

Descrizione fisica

223 p. ; 23 cm

Collana

Sociologia del lavoro ; 94

Disciplina

331.114230945

Locazione

SES

FLFBC

Collocazione

Soc-1.S/94

P.1 S 388

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457023303321

Autore

Molina Cristóbal de <16th cent.>

Titolo

Account of the fables and rites of the Incas [[electronic resource] /] / by Cristóbal de Molina ; with an introduction by Brian S. Bauer ; translated and edited by Brian S. Bauer, Vania Smith-Oka, Gabriel E. Cantarutti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, c2011

ISBN

0-292-72999-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxxv, 150 p. : ill., maps

Collana

The William and Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere

Altri autori (Persone)

BauerBrian S

Smith-OkaVania <1975->

CantaruttiGabriel E

Disciplina

299.8/113

Soggetti

Inca mythology

Electronic books.

Peru History Conquest, 1522-1548

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Relación de las fábulas y ritos de los Incas.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The life and times of Cristóbal de Molina -- Introduction / Brian S. Bauer -- Origin myths -- Of quipus and Inca Yupanqui -- The sorcerers -- The rituals of the months of the year -- The ayuscay, rutuchico, and quicochico rituals -- The capacocha -- Taqui onqoy -- Appendix: Editions of Cristóbal de Molina's Account of the fables and rites of the Incas (Relación de las fábulas y ritos de los Incas).



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459238503321

Titolo

The mutual construction of statistics and society / / edited by Ann Rudinow Sµtnan, Heidi Mork Lomell, and Svein Hammer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-93552-5

1-282-78130-8

9786612781308

0-203-84661-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in research methods ; ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

HammerSvein

LomellHeidi Mork

SaetnanAnn Rudinow

Disciplina

001.4/33

Soggetti

Statistics

Public administration

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: By the Very Act of Counting-The Mutual Construction of Statistics and Society; Part I Overarching Themes and Approaches; 1 Numbers: Their Relation to Power and Organization; 2 Words and Numbers: For a Sociology of the Statistical Argument; 3 Sociology in the Making: Statistics as a Mediator between the Social Sciences, Practice, and the State; 4 Governing by Indicators and Outcomes: A Neoliberal Governmentality?; Part II Visibility, Invisibility and Transparency; 5 Ethnicity: Differences and Measurements

6 Seeing Like Citizens: Unofficial Understandings of Official Racial Categories in a Brazilian University7 Ideas in Action: "Human Development" and "Capability" as Intellectual Boundary Objects; Part III Accountability and Manageability; 8 Labeling and Tracking the Criminal in Mid-Nineteenth Century England and Wales: The Relationship between Governmental Structures and Creating Official Numbers; 9



From Categorization to Public Policy: The Multiple Roles of Electronic Triage; 10 Making Sense of Numbers: The Presentation of Crime Statistics in the Oslo Police Annual Reports, 1950-2008

11 Statistics on a Website: Governing Schools by Numbers12 Locating the Worths of Performance Indicators: Performing Transparencies and Accountabilities in Health Care; Part IV Reporting and Acts of Resistance; 13 Constructing Mirrors, Constructing Patients-with High Stakes Statistics; 14 GIS in Practice: Domestication of Statistics in Policing; Contributors; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Statistics are often seen as simple, straightforward, and objective descriptions of society. However, what we choose to count, what we choose not to count, who does the counting, and the categories and values we choose to apply when counting, matter. This volume addresses the ways in which statistics and numbers are gathered and applied in social science research. The contributors argue that we must become more aware of the power and the limitations of statistics. Learning statistics needs to be about more than simply mastering the techniques of using the tool; it needs to also be about lea