Indicators as a Technology of Global Governance
Indicators as a Technology of Global Governance
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作为全球治理技术的指标
DOI：
10.2139/ssrn.1583431
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发表时间：
2010
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通讯作者：
S. Merry
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作者：
K. Davis;B. Kingsbury;S. Merry
使用指标是当代全球治理的一个突出特点。指标被用来对各国进行比较和排名，其目的多种多样，如决定如何分配外国援助或投资，以及确定各国是否遵守了其条约义务。本文定义了指标的概念，分析了指标作为治理技术的独特特征，并确定了指标的使用可能改变全球治理的拓扑结构和动态的各种方式。特别关注指标如何影响全球治理中的标准制定、决策和宣传过程。作为案例研究，对世界银行的营商环境指标和联合国人类发展指数进行了分析。
The use of indicators is a prominent feature of contemporary global governance. Indicators are used to compare and rank states for purposes as varied as deciding how to allocate foreign aid or investment and determining whether states have complied with their treaty obligations. This article defines the concept of an indicator, analyzes distinctive features of indicators as technologies of governance, and identifies various ways in which the use of indicators has the potential to alter the topology and dynamics of global governance. Particular attention is paid to how indicators can affect processes of standard setting, decisionmaking, and contestation in global governance. The World Bank Doing Business indicators and the United Nations Human Development Index are analyzed as case studies.