Measuring the World

By S. Merry. Current Anthropology, 2011

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The Power of Ranking: The Ease of Doing Business Indicator and Global Regulatory Behavior (2019, unknown): “Merry 2011.”
Beyond subjective and objective in statistics (2015, background): “…(Candler et al., 2011), many aspects of their deﬁnition and methodology are subject to controversy and reﬂect speciﬁc political interests and views (Merry, 2011), and we think that it will help the debate to communicate such indicators transparently together with their limitations and the…”
Indicators as a Technology of Global Governance (2010, background): “…indicators and quantification in global governance contexts (Arndt 2008; Arndt & Oman 2006; Bogdandy & Goldmann 2008; Davis & Kingsbury 2011; Davis & Kruse 2007; Davis et al. forthcoming; Fougner 2008; Hood et al. 2008; Merry 2011; Ravallion 2010b; Rosga & Satterthwaite 2009; Satterthwaite 2011).”
Indicators of university–industry knowledge transfer performance and their implications for universities: evidence from the United Kingdom (2015, background): “Indicators are recognized to play a performative role (Davis et al., 2012; Merry, 2011; Teixeira and Koryakina, 2013): that is, they signal what activities are considered important by policymakers and funding agencies, and what kind of performance may be associated to implicit rewards, such as…”