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By : Sally Engle Merry
Book Synopsis :
We live in a world where seemingly everything can be measured. We rely on indicators to translate social phenomena into simple, quantified terms, which in turn can be used to guide individuals, organizations, and governments in establishing policy. Yet counting things requires finding a way to make them comparable. And in the process of translating the confusion of social life into neat categories, we inevitably strip it of context and meaning?and risk hiding or distorting as much as we reveal. With The Seductions of Quantification, leading legal anthropologist Sally Engle Merry investigates the techniques by which information is gathered and analyzed in the production of global indicators on human rights, gender violence, and sex trafficking. Although such numbers convey an aura of objective truth and scientific validity, Merry argues persuasively that measurement systems constitute a form of power by incorporating theories about social change in their design but rarely explicitly .
Book Detail :
Tittle : The Seductions of Quantification: Measuring Human Rights, Gender Violence, and Sex Trafficking
Author : Sally Engle Merry
Pages : 272 pages
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
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ISBN-10 : 022626128X
ISBN-13 : 9780226261287
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