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The World of Indicators: The Making of Governmental Knowledge through Quantification (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society)
Richard Rottenburg
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Paperback. Explores the proliferation of indicators and the resulting transformations in entanglements between social science, markets and politics in public life. Editor(s): Rottenburg, Richard; Merry, Sally Engle; Park, Sung-Joon; Mugler, Johanna. Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society. Num Pages: 381 pages, 7 b/w illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: LAQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
The twenty-first century has seen a further dramatic increase in the use of quantitative knowledge for governing social life after its explosion in the 1980s. Indicators and rankings play an increasing role in the way governmental and non-governmental organizations distribute attention, make decisions, and allocate scarce resources. Quantitative knowledge promises to be more objective and straightforward as well as more transparent and open for public debate than qualitative knowledge, thus producing more democratic decision-making. However, we know little about the social processes through which this knowledge is constituted nor its effects. Understanding how such numeric knowledge is produced and used ... Read more
The twenty-first century has seen a further dramatic increase in the use of quantitative knowledge for governing social life after its explosion in the 1980s. Indicators and rankings play an increasing role in the way governmental and non-governmental organizations distribute attention, make decisions, and allocate scarce resources. Quantitative knowledge promises to be more objective and straightforward as well as more transparent and open for public debate than qualitative knowledge, thus producing more democratic decision-making. However, we know little about the social processes through which this knowledge is constituted nor its effects. Understanding how such numeric knowledge is produced and used ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Condition
New
Weight
557g
Number of Pages
381
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107450837
SKU
V9781107450837
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About Richard Rottenburg
Richard Rottenburg holds a Chair in Anthropology at Martin Luther University of Halle, Wittenberg, Germany. His research focuses on the anthropology of law, organization, science and technology (LOST). Sally Engle Merry is Silver Professor of Anthropology at New York University and a faculty director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at the New York University School of ... Read more
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