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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795539003321

Titolo

The decisionist imagination : sovereignty, social science, and democracy in the 20th century / / edited by Daniel Bessner, Nicolas Guilhot

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : Berghahn, , 2019

ISBN

1-78533-916-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 pages)

Disciplina

320.072

Soggetti

Political science - Methodology

Political science - Decision making

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Who decides? / Daniel Bessner and Nicolas Guilhot -- Reading the international mind : international public opinion in early twentieth century Anglo-American thought / Stephen Wertheim -- Militant democracy as decisionist liberalism : reason and power in the work of Karl Loewenstein / Carlo Invernizzi Accetti and Ian Zuckerman -- Parliamentary and electoral decisions as political acts / Kari Palonen -- Decision and decisionism / Nomi Claire Lazar -- How having reasons became making a decision : the Cold War rise of decision theory and the invention of rational choice / Philip Mirowski -- Computable rationality, nuts, and the nuclear Leviathan / S.M. Amadae -- The unlikely revolutionaries : decision sciences in the Soviet government / Egle Rindzeviciute -- Prediction and social choice : Daniel Bell and future research / Jenny Andersson -- Predictive algorithms and criminal sentencing / Angele Christin -- The myth of the decision / Daniel Bessner and Nicolas Guilhot.

Sommario/riassunto

"In the decades following World War II, the science of decision-making moved from the periphery to the center of transatlantic political theory, as part of the broader mobilization of social science during the Cold War. The Decisionist Imagination explores how "decisionism" emerged from its origins in prewar political science to become an object of intense scientific inquiry in the new intellectual and institutional landscape of the postwar era. By bringing together scholars from a



wide variety of disciplines, this volume illuminates the connection between early twentieth-century conservative political theory and techno-scientific aspects of modern governance--helping to explain, in short, how we arrived at where we are today"--

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149547303321

Autore

Fullman Joe

Titolo

Arctic Origami

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP, , 2016

©2017

ISBN

9781482459234

148245923X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (34 pages)

Collana

Amazing Origami

Disciplina

736.982

Soggetti

Origami

Paper work

Animals in art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Making a polar bear out of paper might seem difficult at first. But through the ancient art of origami, readers are able to bring this white-furred bear to life with just one piece of paper! In this book, readers can work step-by-step through creating arctic animals out of paper. An introduction including common terms and origami folds helps readers get started in making an arctic fox, penguin, and narwhal. Projects range from easy to hard, but each contains full-color photographs guiding readers through each step, allowing them to complete the project whether they're seasoned origamists or new to the craft.