TY - JOUR
T1 - Les dimensions culturelles du savoir/pouvoir. Les enjeux de la mesure de la violence envers les femmes
AU - Merry, Sally Engle
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Science Foundation's Law and Social Sciences Program and the Science, Technology, and Society Program, #SES-0921368. Two subsequent National Science Foundation grants to develop networks of scholars working on indicators, with Co–Principal Investigators Benedict Kingsbury and Kevin Davis, brought together scholars for conferences and edited book projects on issues of quantification, #SES-1023717 and #SES-1123290.
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PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - International governance, like all contemporary modes of governance, increasingly operates by means of quantitative measurements. Issues such as corruption, the rule of law, academic achievement, compliance with human rights norms, and accountability are generally translated into numbers and indicators. As quantification becomes ever more central to governance, it is critical to examine the cultural and social theoretical frameworks within which measurement systems are developed. A comparison of four cultural approaches to measuring violence against women globally shows that there are significant differences in what is made visible and what is disappeared in each one. Moreover, the organizations that promote these different approaches vary significantly in power and resources. Those generated by better resourced organizations come to dominate the definition of a phenomenon, such as violence against women, and the way it is understood. Ultimately, this shapes the way it is governed. Since regulation and governance depend on what quantitative data makes visible, these slippages have important implications for the practice of global governance.
AB - International governance, like all contemporary modes of governance, increasingly operates by means of quantitative measurements. Issues such as corruption, the rule of law, academic achievement, compliance with human rights norms, and accountability are generally translated into numbers and indicators. As quantification becomes ever more central to governance, it is critical to examine the cultural and social theoretical frameworks within which measurement systems are developed. A comparison of four cultural approaches to measuring violence against women globally shows that there are significant differences in what is made visible and what is disappeared in each one. Moreover, the organizations that promote these different approaches vary significantly in power and resources. Those generated by better resourced organizations come to dominate the definition of a phenomenon, such as violence against women, and the way it is understood. Ultimately, this shapes the way it is governed. Since regulation and governance depend on what quantitative data makes visible, these slippages have important implications for the practice of global governance.
KW - Global Governance
KW - Human Rights
KW - Indicators
KW - Power/knowledge
KW - Quantification
KW - Violence against Women
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U2 - 10.1016/j.soctra.2016.09.017
DO - 10.1016/j.soctra.2016.09.017
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84994852895
SN - 0038-0296
VL - 58
SP - 370
EP - 380
JO - Sociologie du Travail
JF - Sociologie du Travail
IS - 4
ER -