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Governance by Indicators Global Power through Classification and Rankings

Author: Kevin Davis; Angelina Fisher; Benedict Kingsbury; Sally Engle Merry
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198747932

Published In: May 2015
Format: Paperback , 504 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9780199658244

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Ground-breaking study of the use of rankings and indicators, which play an often crucial role in the global allocation of funds and resources, as a tool of good governance in international relations
Draws on both empirical and theoretical analysis, combining insights from law, political science, economics, and anthropology
Evaluates the effectiveness and reliability of indicators, and their impact on policy decisions, through the lenses of knowledge production and global governance

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.

Readership: Scholars and students of international law, international relations, good governance, and international organizations

1: Kevin Davis, Benedict Kingsbury, and Sally Merry: Governance by Indicators
2: Wendy Nelson Espeland & Michael Sauder: The Dynamism Of Indicators
3: Armin von Bogdandy & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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

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.

Contributors:

Nehal Bhuta - The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs
Armin von Bogdandy - Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Tim Büthe - Duke University
Lorenzo Casini - Italian Constitutional Court
Sabino Cassese - Italian Constitutional Court
Janie Chuang - American University Washington College of Law
Sarah Dadush - New York University School of Law
Nikhil K. Dutta - Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Philadelphia
Wendy Nelson Espeland - Northwestern University
Angelina Fisher - NYU School of Law
Anne Gallagher - Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project
Matthias Goldmann - Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
John Hagan - Northwestern University
Terence C. Halliday - American Bar Foundation and University of Illinois College of Law
Katharina Pistor - Columbia Law School
AnnJanette Rosga - Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Margaret L. Satterthwaite - NYU School of Law
Michael Sauder - University of Iowa
Ronen Shamir - Tel Aviv University
Christopher Stone - Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
René Urueña - Los Andes University
Dana Weiss - Tel Aviv University
Marina Zaloznaya - Northwestern University