The seductions of quantification: measuring human rights, gender violence, and sex trafficking

A world of quantification -- Indicators as a technology of knowledge -- Measuring violence against women -- Categorizing violence against women: the cultural work of commensuration -- Measuring the unmeasurable: the US Trafficking in Persons Reports -- Knowledge effects and governance effects of the...

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Autor principal: Merry, Sally Engle (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electronic/Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago London The University of Chicago Press 2016
En:Año: 2016
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Palabras clave:
Human Trafficking > Data processing
Human Trafficking > Research > Methodology > United States
Human Trafficking > Research > United States > Methodology
Social indicators
USA > Misshandelte Frau > Menschenhandel > Zwangsprostitution > Menschenrechtsverletzung
Women > Violence against > Data processing
Women > Violence against > Research > Methodology > United States
Women > Violence against > Research > United States > Methodology
numerical analysis > Data processing
quantitative research
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Sumario:A world of quantification -- Indicators as a technology of knowledge -- Measuring violence against women -- Categorizing violence against women: the cultural work of commensuration -- Measuring the unmeasurable: the US Trafficking in Persons Reports -- Knowledge effects and governance effects of the Trafficking in Persons Reports -- Human rights indicators: translating law into policy -- Conclusions
Notas:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 225-242. Index
Descripción Física:viii, 249 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9780226261287
9780226261140
DOI:10.7208/chicago/9780226261317.001.0001