Governing the Sustainable Development Goals Quantification in Global Public Policy /

This open access book conceptualises the Sustainable Development Goals as epistemic infrastructures that connect numbers, networks and governing paradigms.The book approaches quantification not merely as a tool for governing, but rather as a broader epistemic system through which global public polic...

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Main Authors: Bandola-Gill, Justyna (Author), Grek, Sotiria (Author), Tichenor, Marlee (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022.
Series:Sustainable Development Goals Series,
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Summary:This open access book conceptualises the Sustainable Development Goals as epistemic infrastructures that connect numbers, networks and governing paradigms.The book approaches quantification not merely as a tool for governing, but rather as a broader epistemic system through which global public policy is produced. This book focuses on the role of international organisations in shaping and implementing the 2030 Agenda and demonstrates how the SDGs have transformed and accelerated trends in quantification. Justyna Bandola-Gill is a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and Associate Director of the Centre for Science, Knowledge and Policy (SKAPE). Sotiria Grek is Professor of European and Global Education Governance at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. . Marlee Tichenor is a medical anthropologist and a Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Durham University. .
Physical Description:XVII, 165 p. 9 illus., 8 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783031039386
ISSN:2523-3092
DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-03938-6
Access:Open Access