Audit Culture Revisited

Shore, Cris; Wright, Susan

doi:10.1086/681534

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“…How does transparency, with its shifting effects and constructed meanings, shape the relationship between rulers and the ruled? Political anthropologists have explored the microlevel implications of hegemonic transparency practices in an emerging "audit culture" (Shore & Wright, 2015) whereby technologies of power aimed at transparency and accountability remake subjects and social relations in new and constricting ways (Hull, 2012). Ethnographic insights hint at the political consequences of privileging certain forms of transparency.…”

Section: Theorizing Transparency and Trust In Developed And Developmentioning

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Transparency and mistrust: Who or what should be made transparent?

Roelofs¹

2019

Governance

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It is increasingly recognized in public administration that the relationship between trust and transparency is not straightforward. Recently, right‐wing populists have risen to power, rejecting transparency requirements based on documents while claiming that they “hide nothing.” Clearly, existing scholarly conceptualizations are insufficient for understanding how transparency operates as a value in real‐world political contestation. An analysis of state‐ and national‐level politics in Nigeria reveals that, while always retaining a core informational component, there are multiple competing conceptions of transparency. Popular demands for transparency express a belief that not only should data be made transparent, but also the social networks in which politicians are embedded. “Transparency in people” can clash with more traditional, technocratic transparency practices centered on data. By rethinking who or what should be made transparent—data, things, or people—this article offers fresh theoretical insights on the complex politics of transparency and trust.

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Section: Theorizing Transparency and Trust In Developed And Developmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transparency and mistrust: Who or what should be made transparent?

Roelofs¹

2019

Governance

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“…The so-called "regime of numbers" (Ball, 2010, p. 125) is a routine way of ranking and rating organisations and placing them in "league tables" of performance or excellence. Although the financial and auditing mindset that underlies these things has been widely and frequently criticised, it nonetheless remains a dominant mode of governance (Shore & Wright, 2015). Indeed, the use of data-driven evidence to shape public policy clearly has a longer history through Victorian poverty surveys and Fabian "social engineering," as well as the more recent calls for "evidence-based policy" (Cairney, 2016).…”

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“Explain or change”: The quality and uses of ethnicity data in universities and healthcare organisation in England

Afridi¹,

Murji

2019

Soc Policy Adm

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“Explain or change” was a key term that came into currency in the UK from 2016 onwards to put the onus on public institutions to account for disparities in outcomes on the basis of class, gender, and ethnicity in the main. One of the most prominent outcomes of this policy initiative was the government Race Disparity Audit. This article aims to go behind the headline figures to understand what it means to either “explain” or “change” figures and policies around race/ethnicity in particular. It outlines the findings of a survey and some interviews with staff working in the NHS in London and in universities in England. The findings point to difficulties with the quality of data generated by these organisations, as well as the uses of data. Practitioners feel that data is incomplete and do not provide the routes to policy measures that will make a clear difference to outcomes. At the same time, there is a feeling there is a lack of will to use data to either explain or change their organisation's response to race inequality. Thus, this article concludes that the use of ethnicity data remains the main concern for many participants in this study.

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“…Tato změna s sebou přináší zvýšenou soutěživost, vše se čím dál více týká jen hodnocení vědy a soutěžení o další zdroje účelového fi nancování coby údajných pojistek proti neefektivnosti veřejného výzkumu a terciárního školství (Shore 2010;Shore, Wright 2015;Wright, Ørberg 2008). Tyto změny v řízení výzkumu mají obrovský vliv na to, jak se defi nuje excelence.…”

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“…This shift entails heightened competition revolving around the growing importance of research assessment and competitive funding as alleged safeguards against the ineffi ciency of public research and higher education (Shore 2010;Shore, Wright 2015;Wright, Ørberg 2008). These changes in the governance of research have had a profound effect on how excellence is defi ned.…”

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Audit Culture Revisited

Cited by 339 publications

References 43 publications

Transparency and mistrust: Who or what should be made transparent?

Transparency and mistrust: Who or what should be made transparent?

“Explain or change”: The quality and uses of ethnicity data in universities and healthcare organisation in England

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