Introduction: Global Governance by Indicators

Governance by Indicators: Global Power through Quantification and Rankings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Davis, Kevin E ^a   Kingsbury, Benedict ^a,b   Merry, Sally Engle ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Global governance; Implications; Indicators; Primary characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920452868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199658244.003.0001     Document Type: Editorial

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