The Dynamism of Indicators

Wendy Nelson Espeland; Michael Sauder

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199658244.003.0004

The Dynamism of Indicators

Wendy Nelson Espeland^*, Michael Sauder

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Governance by Indicators
Subtitle of host publication	Global Power through Quantification and Rankings
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199949915
ISBN (Print)	9780199658244
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199658244.003.0004
State	Published - Sep 20 2012

Keywords

Dynamism
Heuristics
Higher educational institutions
Successful indicators

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General Social Sciences

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