| Total Science: Statistics in Liberal and Fascist Italy Subjects: Statistics -- Italy -- History -- 20th century; Statisticians -- Italy -- History -- 20th century; Fascism -- Italy -- History -- 20th century; Gini Corrado 1884–1965; Science and state -- Italy -- History -- 20th century; From the early 1900s to the end of the Second World War, Italian statistics was characterized by original, consistent, and widely recognized scientific contributions, a clearly hegemonic position vis-à-vis Italian social science at that time, and the totalitarian political environment in which it developed during this period. Prévost Jean-Guy : Jean-Guy Prévost is professor of political science, Université du Québec à Montréal, and a member of the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST).Jean-Guy Prévost is professor of political science, Université du Québec à Montréal, and a member of the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST). |