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Can Russian Research Policy be Called Neoliberal? A Study in the Comparative Sociology of Quantification

Europe-Asia Studies, 2021
National research evaluation systems that use metrics for the assessment of academic institutions are usually regarded as exemplifying the same neoliberal model of governance that, with minor varia...
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Notes on the History of Quantification in Sociology--Trends, Sources and Problems

Isis, 1961
THE three major nouns in the title of this paper are necessarily vague. Quantification in the social sciences includes mere counting, the development of classificatory dimensions and the systematic use of "social symptoms" as well as mathematical models and an axiomatic theory of measurement.
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Sociology and quantification: economics of convention as an approach to link quantification and public sociology

2023
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A Sociology of Quantification

European Journal of Sociology, 2008
AbstractOne of the most notable political developments of the last thirty years has been increasing public and governmental demand for the quantification of social phenomena, yet sociologists generally have paid little attention to the spread of quantification or the significance of new regimes of measurement.
Wendy Nelson Espeland, Mitchell L. Stevens   +1 more
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The contribution of the sociology of quantification to a discussion of objectivity in economics LAURA CENTEMERI

2012
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Using journal articles to measure the level of quantification in national sociologies

International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2014
The methods used when samples of journal articles are treated as the basis for measuring levels of quantification in national sociologies are examined. The data come from every identified example in English. It is found that operational definitions of ‘quantitative’ vary, while ‘qualitative’ work is characterised simply by the absence of sophisticated ...
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Survey of Quantification and Distance Functions Used for Internet-based Weak-link Sociological Phenomena

2013
Abstract : The PI studied all mathematical literature he can find related to the Google search engine, Google matrix, PageRank as well as the Yahoo search engine and a classic SearchKing HIST algorithm. The co-PI immersed herself in the sociology literature for the relevant studies on social network, strong and weak social ties and measures of ...
Dawn Robinson, Ming-Jun Lai
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Reflexivity in Statistics as Sociology of Quantification: The Case of Repeat Victimization Modelling

2016
In the criminological field, reflexivity in statistics often appears as a methodological problem. Most of the problems emanate from questions of ‘measurement’and are mainly addressed in terms of ‘reliability’, ‘bias’, and ‘error’. There is however another way of discussing quantification in social sciences, but it is rarely used in criminology: the ...
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Introduction to the work of Alain Desrosières: the history and sociology of quantification

2016
In this paper we are describing our partnership in research on history of statistics with Alain Desrosieres who pass away in 2013. Then we are tracing his intellectualitinerary : training at Ecole Polytechnique and National School of Statistics, meeting with Pierre Bourdieu, first studies on History in Statistics in 1976 and on ocupational and social ...
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Quantification Machines and Artificial Agents in Global Finance: Historical-Phenomenological Perspectives from Philosophy and Sociology of Technology and Money

2016
ABSTRACT: This paper raises questions regarding the societal, cultural and ethical significance of finance, mathematics, and financial-mathematical technologies, discussing in particular the phenomenon of quantification as mediated by contemporary electronic information and communication technologies (ICTS).
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