The World of Indicators. The Making of Governmental Knowledge through Quantification, Paperback/***

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. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Illustration(s): 3 Tables, black and white; 7 Halftones, unspecified Number of pages: 381 Collection: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society Publication date: 2015 Dimensions: 156 x 229 x 24 Cover type: Paperback / softback Editor(s): Johanna (Universitat Bern, Switzerland) Mugler