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dc.contributor.authorHoward, Cosmo
dc.contributor.editorM. Brady and R.K. Lippert
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-05T00:35:59Z
dc.date.available2018-10-05T00:35:59Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.isbn9781487520618
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/236222
dc.description.abstractNumbers dominate contemporary governance. Governments are expected to set and meet quantitative targets in all major policy areas. Accountability is now closely tied to performance measurement and auditing. Governmental achievements are persistently ranked against global standards and ''best practices." Political fortunes and policy proposals are constantly assessed-via polls, while programs are increasingly systemically evaluated using econometric techniques. Key ''official statistics'' such as unemployment and inflation rates are monitored by international financial markets, which can rise and fall dramatically in response to changes in the value of these indicators. As a result of this apparent hegemony of quantification, some scholars argue that calculation is a defining feature of neoliberal rule (Haggerty, 2001a; Rydin, 2007; Sokhi-Bulley, 2011). Calculative practices such as ''numeration," ''quantification," and ''datafication'' (Mayer-Schonberger & Cukier, 2013) appear to facilitate key reform agendas associated with neoliberal rationalities of government, including the increasing moves to calculate the worth of public goods and services in financial terms, along with the.seemingly relentless push to ration government programs, make their administration more efficient, and introduce market principles into public service provision.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Toronto Press
dc.publisher.placeCanada
dc.publisher.urihttps://utorontopress.com/ca/governing-practices-4
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleGoverning Practices: Neoliberalism, Governmentality, and the Ethnographic Imaginary
dc.relation.ispartofchapter6
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom131
dc.relation.ispartofpageto154
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440708
dc.titleNeoliberal Numbers: Calculation and Hybridization in Australian and Canadian Official Statistics
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB1 - Chapters
dc.type.codeB - Book Chapters
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, School of Government and International Relations
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHoward, Cosmo W.


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