Screen LibraryThe quiet power of indicators : measuring governance, corruption, and the rule of law /
"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...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge studies in law and society
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| Summary: |
"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 |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107427877 (paperback) : 1107427878 (paperback) 9781107075207 (hardback) 1107075203 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | JA71 |
| CLC: | D902 |
| Call Number: | D902/Q64 |
| Contents: | Introduction : the local-global life of indicators : law, power and resistance / Kevin E. Davis, Benedict Kingsbury and Sally Engle Merry -- International organizations and the production of indicators : the case of Freedom House / Christopher G. Bradley -- Indicators and the law : a case study of the rule of law index / Ren©♭ Urue©ła -- Measuring corporate accountability through global indicators / Galit A. Sarfaty -- The quest for measuring development : the role of the indicator bank / Maria Ang©♭lica Prada Uribe -- Tradeoffs in accountability : conditionality processes in the Eur |