A failure of governmentality: why Transparency International underestimated corruption in Ben Ali's Tunisia
A failure of governmentality: why Transparency International underestimated corruption in Ben Ali's Tunisia
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DOI：
10.1080/01436597.2016.1153417
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2017-01-01
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Baumann, Hannes
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作者：
Baumann, Hannes
本文批评了福柯的治理指标的方法。透明国际（TI）的腐败感知指数（CPI）低估了突尼斯总统本·阿里的腐败程度：他的政权高度腐败，但外国投资者受到的影响较小。CPI方法意味着它主要反映了外国投资者的需求。福柯的方法特别排除了对治理指标方法的分析。因此，它未能证明治理指标作为政府技术的有效性，也未能表明消费物价指数的产生如何嵌入更广泛的全球政治经济。
This article critiques the Foucauldian approach to governance indicators. Transparency International's (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) underestimated Tunisian corruption levels under President Ben Ali: his regime was highly corrupt but foreign investors were less affected. CPI methodology meant it reflected primarily the needs of foreign investors. The Foucauldian approach specifically excludes analysis of governance indicators' methodologies. It thus fails to demonstrate the effectiveness of governance indicators as a technology of government, and it fails to show how the production of the CPI is embedded in a wider global political economy.