Governance Indicators
Approaches, Progress, Promise
Published on 6. November 2018
Book
Hardback
326 pages
978-0-19-881706-2 (ISBN)
Description
As difficult as it might seem to define governance, it appears to be that much more difficult to measure it. Since the World Bank Institute launched the Worldwide Governance Indicators in the late 1990s, the governance indicators field has flourished and experienced significant advances in terms of methodology, data coverage and quality, and policy relevance. Other major initiatives have added to a momentum that propelled research on governance indicators seen in few other academic fields in the economic and social sciences. Given these developments and the prominence and policy relevance the field of governance indicator research has achieved, the time is ripe to take stock and ask what has been accomplished, what the shortcomings and potentials might be, and what steps present themselves as a way forward.
This volume-- the fifth edition in an annual series tackling different aspects of governance around the world-- assesses what has been achieved, identifies strengths and weaknesses of current work, and points to issues that need to be tackled in order to advance the field, both in its academic importance as well as in its policy relevance. In short, the contributions to this volume explore the scope of existing governance indices and indicator frameworks, elaborate on current challenges in measuring and analysing governance, and consider how to overcome them.
This volume-- the fifth edition in an annual series tackling different aspects of governance around the world-- assesses what has been achieved, identifies strengths and weaknesses of current work, and points to issues that need to be tackled in order to advance the field, both in its academic importance as well as in its policy relevance. In short, the contributions to this volume explore the scope of existing governance indices and indicator frameworks, elaborate on current challenges in measuring and analysing governance, and consider how to overcome them.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
655 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-881706-2 (9780198817062)
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Helmut K. Anheier | Matthias Haber | Mark A. Kayser
Governance Indicators
Approaches, Progress, Promise
E-Book
10/2018
1st Edition
OUP eBook
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Helmut K. Anheier | Matthias Haber | Mark A. Kayser
Governance Indicators
Approaches, Progress, Promise
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10/2018
1st Edition
OUP eBook
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Persons
Helmut K. Anheier is Professor of Sociology and past President of the Hertie School of Governance.
Matthias Haber was (at the time of writing) Research Scientist for the Governance Report at the Hertie School of Governance and leader of the governance indicators team.
Mark A. Kayser is Professor of Applied Methods and Comparative Politics at the Hertie School of Governance.
The Hertie School of Governance is an international teaching and research centre of excellence in Berlin, Germany that prepares students for leadership positions in government, business, and civil society. An internationally-recruited faculty, interdisciplinary in outlook, research, and teaching, offers analytically-challenging and practice-oriented courses on governance, policy analysis, management, and leadership and helps students grow intellectually in a professional, research-intensive environment, characterised by public debate and engagement. The School was founded in 2003 as a project of the Hertie Foundation, which remains its major partner.
Matthias Haber was (at the time of writing) Research Scientist for the Governance Report at the Hertie School of Governance and leader of the governance indicators team.
Mark A. Kayser is Professor of Applied Methods and Comparative Politics at the Hertie School of Governance.
The Hertie School of Governance is an international teaching and research centre of excellence in Berlin, Germany that prepares students for leadership positions in government, business, and civil society. An internationally-recruited faculty, interdisciplinary in outlook, research, and teaching, offers analytically-challenging and practice-oriented courses on governance, policy analysis, management, and leadership and helps students grow intellectually in a professional, research-intensive environment, characterised by public debate and engagement. The School was founded in 2003 as a project of the Hertie Foundation, which remains its major partner.
Editor
Professor of Sociology and past PresidentProfessor of Sociology and past President, Hertie School of Governance
Research ScientistResearch Scientist, Hertie School of Governance
Professor of Applied Methods and Comparative PoliticsProfessor of Applied Methods and Comparative Politics, Hertie School of Governance
Content
1: 25 Years of Governance Indicators: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? Part I: What Are Indicators For and What Difference Do They Make? 2: Matthias Haber and Olga Kononykhina: A Comparative Classification and Assessment of Governance Indices 3: Frances Fukuyama and Francesca Recanatini: Beyond Measurement: What is Needed For Effective Governance and Anti-Corruption Reform 4: Alina Mungiu-Pippidi and Roberto Martinez Barranco Kukutschka: Can a Civilization Know Its Own Institutional Decline? A Tale of Indicators Part II: Measuring and Communicating Governance Solutions 5: James Hollyer: Measuring Governance: Objective and Perceptions-Based Governance Indicators 6: Piero Stanig: Considerations on the Method of Constructing Governance Indices 7: Mihaly Fazekas, Luciana Cingolani, and Bence Toth: Innovations in Objectively Measuring Corruption in Public Procurement 8: David Osimo: The Opportunities and Limitations of Crowdsourcing Policy Indicators 9: Christopher Gandrud: The Reproducibility of Governance Indicators: Assessing Current Practices and Looking Forward 10: Hazel Feigenblatt: Governance Indicators and the Broken Feedback Loop: Leveraging Communications For Impact Part III: The Way Forward 11: Mark Kayser: Measuring Governance: An Assessment of the Research Challenges 12: Rolf Alter: Addressing the Policy Challenge: Improving Supply Of and Meeting Demands for Sound Evidence