The quiet power of indicators  measuring governance, corruption, and the rule of law /  [Texte imprimé] : 
edited by Sally Engle Merry, Kevin E. Davis ; Benedict Kingsbury 
 - New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2015 
 - 1 vol. (XIV-353 p.) :  graph., couv. ill. ;  24 cm 
 - Cambridge studies in law and society .
<br/><br/>Notes bibliogr. 
<br/><br/>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 / René Urueña -- Measuring corporate accountability through global indicators / Galit A. Sarfaty -- The quest for measuring development : the role of the indicator bank / Maria Angélica Prada Uribe -- Tradeoffs in accountability : conditionality processes in the European Union and Millennium Challenge Corporation / Nikhil Dutta -- Rule of law indicators as a political technology of power in Romania / Mihaela Serban -- Indicators, global expertise, and a local political drama : producing and deploying corruption perception data in post-socialist Albania / Smoki Musaraj -- Evaluating the impact of corruption indicators on governance discourses in Kenya / Migai Akech -- Measuring labour market efficiency : indicators that fuel an ideological war and undermine social concern and trust in the South African regulatory process / Debbie Collier and Paul Benjamin -- Conclusion : contesting global indicators / David Nelken. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-1-107-07520-7 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Rule of law--Research--Methodology Political corruption--Research--Methodology Law and economic development--Research--Methodology Political indicators Public administration--Evaluation Ranking and selection (Statistics)--Political aspects LAW / General.--bisacsh 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>340.11