Seductions of quantification : (Record no. 5557)

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LC control number 2015044525
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National bibliography number GBB640712
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Record control number 017776823
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International Standard Book Number 9780226261287
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 022626128X
Qualifying information (pbk. ;
-- alk. paper)
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System control number (OCoLC)920017479
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Original cataloging agency ICU/DLC
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
Transcribing agency TZ-ArACH
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Holding library TZAA
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Classification number HV6250
Item number .M47 2016
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 362.88082
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Merry, Sally Engle,
Dates associated with a name 1944-
Relator term author.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Seductions of quantification :
Remainder of title measuring human rights, gender violence, and sex trafficking /
Statement of responsibility, etc Sally Engle Merry.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Chicago : $b
Name of publisher, distributor, etc The University of Chicago Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2016.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent viii, 249 pages ;
Dimensions 24 cm
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Chicago series in law and society
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-242) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "With The Seductions of Quantification, leading legal anthropologist Sally Engle Merry investigates the techniques by which information is gathered and analyzed in the production of global indicators on human rights, gender violence, and sex trafficking. Although such numbers convey an aura of objective truth and scientific validity, Merry argues persuasively that measurement systems constitute a form of power by incorporating theories about social change in their design but rarely explicitly acknowledging them. For instance, the US State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report, which ranks countries in terms of their compliance with antitrafficking activities, assumes that prosecuting traffickers as criminals is an effective corrective strategy -- overlooking cultures where women and children are frequently sold by their own families. As Merry shows, indicators are indeed seductive in their promise of providing concrete knowledge about how the world works, but they are implemented most successfully when paired with context-rich qualitative accounts grounded in local knowledge."--Amazon.com.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Women
General subdivision Violence against
-- Research
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision Methodology.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Human trafficking
General subdivision Research
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision Methodology.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Women
General subdivision Violence against
-- Data processing.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Human trafficking
General subdivision Data processing.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Quantitative research.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social indicators.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Numerical analysis
General subdivision Data processing.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Numerical analysis
General subdivision Data processing.
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650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Quantitative research.
Source of heading or term fast
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social indicators.
Source of heading or term fast
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Methods, techniques and organization of social science research.
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name United States.
Source of heading or term fast
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Display text Ebook version :
International Standard Book Number 9780226261317
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Chicago series in law and society.
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
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Holdings
Home library Current library Date acquired Full call number Barcode Koha item type
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library 20/04/2020 HV6250 .M47 2016 10208704 Books
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library 20/04/2020 HV6250 .M47 2016 10208674 Books

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