Overview

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 well-being 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 that are meant to ensure democratic accountability and transparency. Taking the case of Mexico's National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (CONEVAL), Graizbord provides a deep theory of what happens when democratic aspirations intersect with technocratic ambitions. Analyzing what it takes to establish and sustain monitoring and evaluation as a form of official state expertise, Graizbord is able to put forward the contours of technodemocracy—a democratic political project that hinges on the power of experts to shape politics in unexpected but profound ways.

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""This captivating and insightful ethnography takes readers deep into the belly of the Mexican State and exposes the drama hidden behind the dry bureaucratic language of ""monitoring & Evaluation."" At stake in the struggles and growthof CONEVAL is nothingless than theviability of a 21st century form of technodemocracy, where expertise serves as a check on executive power."" —Gil Eyal, Columbia University

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Diana Graizbord is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Georgia.

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