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

A world of quantificationIndicators 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 Tra...

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1. Verfasser:	Merry, Sally Engle (VerfasserIn)
Format:	UnknownFormat
Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	Chicago, London The University of Chicago Press 2016
Schriftenreihe:	The Chicago series in law and society
Schlagworte:	Women > Violence against > Human trafficking > Research > Data processing > Quantitative research > Social indicators > Numerical analysis > USA > Misshandelte Frau > Menschenhandel > Zwangsprostitution > Menschenrechtsverletzung
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Zusammenfassung:	A world of quantificationIndicators 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. 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
Beschreibung:	Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 225-242. Index
Beschreibung:	viii, 249 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:	9780226261287 978-0-226-26128-7 9780226261140 978-0-226-26114-0