The Palgrave Handbook of Indicators in Global Governance

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvii Introduction: Of Numbers and Narratives—Indicators in Global Governance and the Rise of a Reflexive Indicator Culture (Nehal Bhuta, Debora Valentina Malito, Gaby Umbach)....Pages 1-29 Front Matter ....Pages 31-31 Good Governance: Measuring the Performance of Governments (Robert I. Rotberg)....Pages 33-48 How International Rankings Constitute and Limit Our Understanding of Global Governance Challenges: The Case of Corruption (Alexander Cooley)....Pages 49-67 Measuring Governance As If Institutions Matter: A Proposal (José Antonio Alonso, Carlos Garcimartín)....Pages 69-95 The Creative Disorder of Measuring Governance and Stateness (Debora Valentina Malito)....Pages 97-137 Sustainability, Sustainability Assessment, and the Place of Fiscal Sustainability (Paul Burger)....Pages 139-159 Measuring Governance: Revisiting the Uses of Corruption and Transparency Indicators (Robert P. Beschel Jr)....Pages 161-179 Front Matter ....Pages 181-181 Understanding Governance and Corruption Using Survey Data: A Novel Approach and Its Applications in Policy and Research (Francesca Recanatini)....Pages 183-205 Government at a Glance: A Dashboard Approach to Indicators (Guillaume Lafortune, Santiago Gonzalez, Zsuzsanna Lonti)....Pages 207-238 The European Commission’s Fiscal Sustainability Indicators and Their Use in the EU’s Integrated Cycle of Economic Policy Coordination (Katia Berti)....Pages 239-253 Measuring the Rule of Law: The World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index (Alyssa Dougherty, Amy Gryskiewicz, Alejandro Ponce)....Pages 255-276 Measuring the Opposite of Corruption: The Evolution of Governance Indicators at Global Integrity (Hazel Feigenblatt, Johannes Tonn)....Pages 277-297 Developing an Indicator of Fiscal Sustainability for Africa (Moses Obinyeluaku)....Pages 299-323 Moving Beyond Traditional Indicators of Fiscal Sustainability: Examples from Locally Chosen Indicators (Daphne T. Greenwood)....Pages 325-347 Front Matter ....Pages 349-349 Corruption Indicators in Local Political Landscapes: Reflections from Albania (Smoki Musaraj)....Pages 351-370 Activism Through Numbers? The Corruption Perception Index and the Use of Indicators by Civil Society Organisations (René Urueña)....Pages 371-387 Measuring Corruption in India: Work in Slow Progress (T. R. Raghunandan)....Pages 389-405 Ranking Countries for Good Governance Using Public Opinion Surveys (Maksym Ivanyna, Anwar Shah)....Pages 407-429 Analysing the Use of Sustainability Indicators (Stephen Morse)....Pages 431-448 Sustainability of Public Debt: A Dangerous Obsession? (Christophe Blot)....Pages 449-476 Measuring the World: Indicators, Human Rights, and Global Governance (Sally Engle Merry)....Pages 477-501 Conclusions: Knowing and Governing (Debora Valentina Malito, Nehal Bhuta, Gaby Umbach)....Pages 503-512 Back Matter ....Pages 513-535