Governance by Indicators

Global Power through Quantification and Rankings
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-965824-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 896 g

The use of indicators as a technique of global governance is increasing rapidly. Major examples include the World Bank's Doing Business Indicators, the World Bank's Good Governance and Rule of Law indicators, the Millennium Development Goals, and the indicators produced by Transparency International. Human rights indicators are being developed in the UN and regional and advocacy organizations. The burgeoning production and use of indicators has not, however, been accompanied by systematic comparative study of, or reflection on, the implications, possibilities, and pitfalls of this practice.

This book furthers the study of these issues by examining the production and history of indicators, as well as relationships between the producers, users, subjects, and audiences of indicators. It also explores the creation, use, and effects of indicators as forms of knowledge and as mechanisms of making and implementing decisions in global governance. Using insights from case studies, empirical work, and theoretical approaches from several disciplines, the book identifies legal, policy, and normative implications of the production and use of indicators as a tool of global governance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davis, Kevin

Fisher, Angelina

Kingsbury, Benedict

Engle Merry, Sally

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Kevin Davis, Benedict Kingsbury, and Sally Merry: Governance by Indicators

- 2: Wendy Nelson Espeland and Michael Sauder: The Dynamism Of Indicators

- 3: Armin von Bogdandy and Matthias Goldmann: Taming and Framing Indicators: A Legal Reconstruction of the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)

- 4: Christopher Stone: Problems of Power in the Design of Indicators of Safety and Justice in the Global South

- 5: Angelina Fisher: Immunization Coverage Indicators: Technology of Public Health Governance

- 6: Nehal Bhuta: State Failure: The U.S. Fund for Peace Failed States Index

- 7: Ronen Shamir and Dana Weiss: Corporations, Indicators, and Human Rights: A Material Semiotics View

- 8: Sarah Dadush: Trends in Mission-Driven Funding: New Impact Indicators for a New Impact Industry

- 9: Terence C. Halliday: Legal Yardsticks: International Financial Institutions As Legal Diagnosticians And Remedial Agents

- 10: AnnJanette Rosga and Margaret L. Satterthwaite: Measuring Human Rights: U.N. Indicators In Critical Perspective

- 11: René Urueña: Internally Displaced Population in Colombia: A Case Study on the Domestic Aspects of Indicators as Technologies of Global Governance

- 12: Anne Gallagher and Janie Chuang: The Use Of Indicators To Measure Government Responses To Human Trafficking

- 13: Marina Zaloznaya and John Hagan: Fighting Human Trafficking or Instituting Authoritarian Control? The Political Cooptation of Human Rights Protection in Belarus

- 14: Margaret L. Satterthwaite: Rights-Based Humanitarian Indicators In Post-Earthquake Haiti

- 15: Nikhil K. Dutta: Accountability In The Generation Of Governance Indicators

- 16: Tim Büthe: Beyond Supply and Demand: A Political-Economic Conceptual Model of Measurement Standards for Global Markets

- 17: Sabino Cassese and Lorenzo Casini: Public Regulation Of Global Indicators

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin Davis is Beller Family Professor of Business Law at New York University's School of Law.

Angelina Fisher is Programme Director at NYU's Institute for International Law and Business.

Benedict Kingsbury is Murray and Ida Becker Professor of Law at New York University's School of Law.

Sally Engle Merry is Professor of Anthropology, Law, and Society at New York University.