The World of Indicators: The Making of Governmental Knowledge through Quantification - Cambridge Studies in Law and Society -  - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9781107086227 - September 17, 2015
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The World of Indicators: The Making of Governmental Knowledge through Quantification - Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

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Indicators simplify complex issues and produce numeric evidence to guide and justify decision-making. However, we know little about the social processes constituting quantitative knowledge or its effects on public ordering practices. This book shows how technologies of quantification change our modes of knowing in subtle and often unrecognized ways.


381 pages, 7 b/w illus. 3 tables

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Released September 17, 2015
ISBN13 9781107086227
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 381
Dimensions 157 × 235 × 22 mm   ·   660 g
Language English  
Editor Merry, Sally E. (New York University)
Editor Mugler, Johanna (Universitat Bern, Switzerland)
Editor Park, Sung-Joon (Martin Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
Editor Rottenburg, Richard (Martin Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)

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