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The World of Indicators: The Making of Governmental Knowledge through Quantification - Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
The World of Indicators: The Making of Governmental Knowledge through Quantification - Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
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
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| 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) |
