Indicators of democracy : the politics and promise of evaluation expertise in Mexico / Diana Graizbord.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graizbord, Diana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social (Mexico).

Political planning--Mexico.

Political planning.

Government accountability--Mexico.

Government accountability.

Democracy--Mexico.

Democracy.

Mexico--Social policy--Evaluation.

Mexico.

Mexico--Politics and government--2000-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 213 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"The spread of democracy across the global south has taken many different forms, but certain features are consistent: implementing a system of elections and an overarching mission of serving the will and wellbeing of a country's citizens. But how do we hold politicians accountable for such a mission? How are we to understand the efficacy of the policies they put forth? In Indicators of Democracy Diana Graizbord exposes the complex, often-hidden world of the institutions and infrastructures that are meant to ensure a democracy's transparency, and charged with the task of holding leaders and initiatives accountable for the ideals they claim to serve. Taking the case of Mexico's National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (also known as Coneval), Graizbord is able to deeply theorize the processes for creating and employing this very particular kind of expertise. By analyzing what it takes to establish and sustain accountability techniques as a form of expertise, Graizbord is able to put forward the contours of a future technodemocracy -- a vision of a democratic future that hinges on the power of these evaluation experts who, their everyday work as civil servants, shape politics in unexpected but profound ways"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Institutionalizing monitoring & evaluation

Making social programs (evaluable)

Cultivating technodemocratic expertise

The desires & difficulties of demonstrating impact

Engaging risky & replicating publics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781503641044

150364104X