RCN: Reshaping Global Governance through Indicators: A Collaborative International Network for Empirical Research

RCN：通过指标重塑全球治理：实证研究合作国际网络

• 批准号: 1123290
• 负责人: Sally Merry
• 金额: $ 28.1万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-15 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1123290&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; Reshaping; Global; Governance; through

Rankings and other quantitative indicators now occupy a growing role in international as well as national governance. Indicators describe such diverse phenomena as rule of law, corruption, health, labor regulation, freedom, state effectiveness, corporate social responsibility, and culture. Yet despite the resources invested in the promulgation, use and contestation of indicators, surprisingly little is known about the effects of this turn to indicators on global regulation and the exercise of power. The lack of study of these issues is particularly striking in relation to the use of indicators in global or transnational governance practices where indicators are linked to extra-state power. Some global indicators have direct effects in the allocation of development aid or investment decisions, but most have indirect effects, influencing knowledge and the decisions of many different actors and publics. In order to understand the implications of global governance indicators for power relations and their influence on behavior, discourse, and contestation, this Research Coordination Network draws together scholars from a variety of countries to individually and collectively engage this problem. In the next three years, the Research Coordination Network will use a series of seminars to build new research findings in order to develop a broader theoretical framework for understanding how indicators act in global governance. The participants are mostly junior scholars, so this project combines research and theory development with training and mentoring of US and international scholars. The scholars differ in their disciplinary training but share a common approach and research focus. The interdisciplinary steering committee joins scholars in anthropology and international law. Building from the initial group of scholars, the network will expand over time to incorporate a broader range of scholars interested in the issue from several countries and disciplines.

排名和其他量化指标现在在国际和国家治理中发挥着越来越大的作用。指标描述了法治、腐败、健康、劳动法规、自由、国家有效性、企业社会责任和文化等多种现象。然而，尽管在指标的颁布、使用和辩论上投入了资源，但令人惊讶的是，人们对这种转向指标对全球监管和权力行使的影响知之甚少。在指标与国家外权力挂钩的全球或跨国治理做法中使用指标方面，缺乏对这些问题的研究尤其令人震惊。有些全球指标对发展援助或投资决定的分配有直接影响，但大多数有间接影响，影响许多不同行为者和公众的知识和决策。为了了解全球治理指标对权力关系的影响及其对行为、话语和争辩的影响，这个研究协调网络汇集了来自不同国家的学者，单独和共同参与这一问题。在今后三年中，研究协调网络将利用一系列研讨会建立新的研究成果，以便制定一个更广泛的理论框架，以了解指标如何在全球治理中发挥作用。参与者大多是初级学者，因此本项目将研究和理论发展与美国和国际学者的培训和指导结合在一起。学者们在学科培训方面有所不同，但有共同的方法和研究重点。跨学科指导委员会加入了人类学和国际法学者的行列。随着时间的推移，该网络将在最初的学者群体的基础上扩大，包括来自几个国家和学科的对这一问题感兴趣的更广泛的学者。