Book chapter
The Dynamism of Indicators
Governance by Indicators
Oxford University Press
07/05/2012
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199658244.003.0004
Abstract
This chapter discusses the ‘dynamism’ of indicators, which depends on several factors. It describes ‘successful’ indicators as authoritative or significant, since they gather networks of technologies, constituents, and things. It then presents three case studies that study the sets of indicators of higher educational institutions, namely the transnational rankings of business schools, world university rankings, and US law school rankings. This chapter also takes a look at certain psychological and social factors that turn numbers and rankings as transitive, definite, and simplifying heuristics.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Dynamism of Indicators
- Creators
- Wendy Nelson EspelandMichael Sauder - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Governance by Indicators
- DOI
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199658244.003.0004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; Oxford
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/05/2012
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9984305975402771
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