{"title":"Deborah Stone","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the thought-provoking works of \u003cstrong\u003eDeborah Stone\u003c\/strong\u003e, a prominent voice in the fields of \u003cem\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Current Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e. Her books delve into the intricacies of policy-making and social research, inviting readers to engage with complex ideas in an accessible manner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith titles like \u003cem\u003eCounting\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePolicy Paradox\u003c\/em\u003e, Stone unravels the challenges of governance and the nuances of data interpretation. 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In fact, numbers are just as much creatures of the human imagination as poetry and painting; the simplest tally starts with judgments about what counts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a nation whose Constitution originally counted a slave as three-fifths of a person and where algorithms disproportionately consign Black Americans to prison, it is now more important than ever to understand how numbers can be both weapons of the powerful and tools of resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith her \u003cem\u003esignature brilliance\u003c\/em\u003e (Robert Kuttner), eminent political scientist Deborah Stone delivers a \u003cem\u003emind-altering\u003c\/em\u003e work (Jacob Hacker) that shows \"how being in thrall to numbers is misguided and dangerous\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362542862572,"sku":"9781324091066","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11595053482659.jpg?v=1772890649"},{"product_id":"counting-by-deborah-stone-9781631495922","title":"Counting","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarly in her extraordinary career, Deborah Stone wrote \u003cem\u003ePolicy Paradox\u003c\/em\u003e, a landmark work on politics. Now, in \u003cem\u003eCounting\u003c\/em\u003e, she revolutionizes how we approach numbers and shows how counting shapes the way we see the world. Most of us think of counting as a skill so basic that we see numbers as objective, indisputable facts. Not so, says Stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this playful-yet-probing work, Stone reveals the inescapable link between quantifying and classifying, and explains how counting determines almost every facet of our lives—from how we are evaluated at work to how our political opinions are polled to whether we get into college or even out of prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut numbers, Stone insists, need not rule our lives. Especially in this age of big data, Stone's work is a pressing and spirited call to reclaim our authority over numbers, and to take responsibility for how we use them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47423983681772,"sku":"9781631495922","price":50.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781631495922.jpg?v=1774769506"},{"product_id":"policy-paradox-by-deborah-stone-9780393912722","title":"Policy Paradox","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most accessible policy text available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePolicy making is a political struggle over values and ideas. By exposing the paradoxes that underlie even seemingly straightforward policy decisions, \u003ci\u003ePolicy Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e shows students that politics cannot be cleansed from the process in favour of \"rationality.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor Deborah Stone has fully revised and updated this popular text, which now includes many paradoxes that have arisen since September 11. Examples throughout the book have been updated, and the prose has been streamlined to make a great read even better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431996670188,"sku":"9780393912722","price":143.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780393912722.jpg?v=1774556998"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/deborah-stone.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}