The Seductions of Quantification: Measuring Human Rights, Gender Violence, and Sex Trafficking

In: Chicago Series in Law and Society

Abstract

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. A World of Quantification -- Chapter Two. Indicators as a Technology of Knowledge -- Chapter Three. Measuring Violence against Women -- Chapter Four. Categorizing Violence against Women: The Cultural Work of Commensuration -- Chapter Five. Measuring the Unmeasurable: The US Trafficking in Persons Reports -- Chapter Six. Knowledge Effects and Governance Effects of the Trafficking in Persons Reports -- Chapter Seven. Human Rights Indicators: Translating Law into Policy -- Chapter Eight. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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

In: The Chicago series in law and society

Merry, Sally Engle

Merry, Sally Engle

Abstract

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

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