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The Palgrave Handbook of Indicators in Global Governance

von: Debora Valentina Malito, Gaby Umbach, Nehal Bhuta
255,73 €
Verlag:	Palgrave Macmillan
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	27.11.2017
ISBN/EAN:	9783319627076
Sprache:	englisch

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Titelbeschreibung

This volume brings together both academic and institutional perspectives to examine the production, use and contestation of indicators in global governance. It provides a unique and comprehensive guide to the latest research in the study of indicators and their use in global governance and policy making. The editors provide a guide to the recent vast body of literature and practice on measuring governance and measurement as governance at the global level, and present a state-of-the-art analysis of social science research on indicators at both the transnational and the global level. The Handbook brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, as well as policy-makers from international organisations and non-government organisations working in the field. This volume will be a valuable resource for students and academics in the fields of public policy, administration and management, international relations, political science, law, and globalisation, as well aspolicy makers and practitioners.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Section 1. Conceptualising and Contextualising Indicators as Instruments of (Global) Governance.- 1. The Governance of Nations: Definitions and Measures; Robert I. Rotberg.- 2. Corrupting the Research Agenda on Corruption: How Rankings Constitute and Limit our Understanding of Global Governance Challenges- The Case of the CPI; Alexander Cooley.- 3. From institutions to governance: some suggestions for a better measure of the quality of governance based on empirical analysis; José Antonio Alonso.- 4. Governance and Corruption Indicators: A Cultural Perspective; Ruby Gropas.- 5. Sustainability, Sustainability Assessment, and the Place of Fiscal Sustainability; Paul Burger.- 6. Sustainability, Governance and Indicators: Challenges for Democracy; Géraldine Thiry.- Section 2. Making Measures.- 7. Understanding governance and quality of state institutions using survey data: a novel approach and its research application; Francesca Recanatini.- 8. Fiscal sustainability and sustainable development at the United Nations - An indicator perspective; Matthias Bruckner.- 9. Government at a Glance - a dashboard approach; Zsuzanna Lonti.- 10. Measuring Governance: Transparency and Corruption; Robert Beschel.- 11. The European Commission’s fiscal sustainability indicators and their use in the EU integrated cycle of economic policy coordination; Katia Berti.- 12. Measuring the Rule of Law: The WJP Rule of Law Index; Alejandro Ponce and Alyssa Dougherty.- 13. The Global Integrity Report and the Africa Integrity Indicators; Hazel Feigeinblatt 14. Developing an Indicator of Fiscal Sustainability for Africa; Moses Obinyeluaku.- 15. Moving beyond traditional indicators of fiscal sustainability: Examples from locally chosen indicators; Daphne Greenwood.- 16. Measuring Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in Somaliland and Somalia; Abdullahi Odowa.- Section 3. Applying Measures: The Use and the Impact of Indicators as ^l) Governance.- 17. Corruption Indicators In the Local Legal/Political Landscape: Reflections from Albania; Smoki Musaraj.- 18. Activism through numbers? The Corruption Perception Index and the use of indicators by civil society organisations; Rene Uruena.- 19. Measuring Corruption in India: A Work in Slow Progress; T.R.Raghunandan.- 20. Citizen-centric indicators: Measuring governance by listening to people; Maksym Ivanyna and Anwar Shah.- 21. Analysing the Use of Sustainability Indicators; Stephen Morse.- 22. Sustainability of public debt: a dangerous obsession?; Christophe Blot.- Conclusions.

Autorenportrait

Debora Valentina Malito is A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her research interests focus on critical studies of liberal intervention, state building and global governance. Gaby Umbach is Founding Director of GlobalStat, the Database on Developments in a Globalised World, and Co-Director of research projects on measuring and indicators in global governance at the Global Governance Programme of the EUI’s Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Italy. She is Book Review Editor of the Journal of Common Market Studies. Nehal Bhuta is Professor of Public International Law at the European University Institute, Italy. He is a member of the editorial boards of the European Journal of International Law, the Journal of International Criminal Justice, Constellations, and Humanity. He is also a Series Editor of The History and Theory of International Law.

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This volume brings together both academic and institutional perspectives to examine the production, use and contestation of indicators in global governance. It provides a unique and comprehensive guide to the latest research in the study of indicators and their use in global governance and policy making. The editors provide a guide to the recent vast body of literature and practice on measuring governance and measurement as governance at the global level, and present a state-of-the-art analysis of social science research on indicators at both the transnational and the global level. The Handbook brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, as well as policy-makers from international organisations and non-government organisations working in the field. This volume will be a valuable resource for students and academics in the fields of public policy, administration and management, international relations, political science, law, and globalisation, as well as policy makers and practitioners.<div> </div><div> </div>

Sonderbeitrag

Makes a distinct contribution to the understanding of indicators as policy instruments by bridging the gap between politics and techniques Offers new analytical reflections on whether indicators can provide answers to global governance priorities, and on whether such metrics impact on policy orientations at global and sub-global levels Incorporates the practice and experience of institutional actors, including global NGOs

Unpublished endorsement

“This Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the ‘state of art’ in relation to indicators as part of the toolkit of global governance. Governing with numbers is pervasive. The authors adopt a welcome sophistication in approaching this topic by situating the discussion within a normative frame and by paying attention to questions of context and power.” (Brigid Laffan, Director and Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Italy)<div>“Knowledge was an essential part of the making of the modern State and we judge governments by measuring and ranking them. Indicators — their collection, application, use, and comparison — are hence an essential part of global governance. But how to measure and compare the worldwide rule of law, integrity, good governance, stateness, institutional quality, government performance, sustainable development, or human rights? This groundbreaking, multiperspective and transdisciplinary book providesall that one needs to explore this new area.” (Sabino Cassese, Professor of Global Law, LUISS Guido Carli University, former judge of the Italian Constitutional Court and Emeritus Professor at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa)</div>