The Quiet Power of Indicators: Measuring Governance, Corruption, and the Rule of Law
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Description
Using a power-knowledge framework, this volume critically investigates how major global indicators of legal governance are produced, disseminated and used, and to what effect. Original case studies include Freedom House's Freedom in the World indicator, the Global Reporting Initiative's structure for measuring and reporting on corporate social responsibility, the World Justice Project's measurement of the rule of law, the World Bank's Doing Business index, the World Bank-supported Worldwide Governance Indicators, the World Bank's Country Performance Institutional Assessment (CPIA), and the Transparency International Corruption (Perceptions) index. Also examined is the use of performance indicators by the European Union for accession countries and by the US Millennium Challenge Corporation in allocating US aid funds. Presents a coherent theoretical framework for indicators as a form of global governance. Examines both the global production and local implementation of indicators. Includes geographically diverse case studies of the impact of particular indicators.
Publication Date
2015
Recommended Citation
Merry, Sally Engle; Davis, Kevin E.; and Kingsbury, Benedict, "The Quiet Power of Indicators: Measuring Governance, Corruption, and the Rule of Law" (2015). Faculty Books & Edited Works. 797.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-books-edited-works/797
