The Misuse, Misrepresentation, and Politicization of Statistics in American Society critically examines the early measurement efforts of several government agencies responsible for some of the most widely watched social indicators on unemployment, life expectancy, crime, and population. It argues that official statistics are dubious at best, better seen not so much as objective barometers of social life but rather as socially constructed metrics that are easily manipulated and oft...

Rob finally opens up with this poetry and shows it has many categories, opening a door into his life for his audience. Love Falling deep into it, finding out what it is and how it work and times just wanting to discard it Feeling towards others Finds poetry as the best way to express the feelings of one, my a note with a big meaning Or a letter pouring out everything Feeling within the kid Running into the worse problems and having the heaviest feeling sitting on your heart. After Rob real...

This book offers a timely analysis of work and labor processes and how they are rapidly changing under globalization. The contributors explore traditional sectors of the U.S. and world economies - from auto to steel to agriculture - as well as work under new production arrangements, such as third world export processing zones. Many chapters analyze changing dynamics of gender, nationality, and class. The contributors explain why more intensified forms of control by the state and by capital...