In this eye-opening book, Lorenzo Fioramonti provides a much-needed critique of the current 'data fever', showing both the direct consequences and indirect implications of the increasing power of numbers. At the same time, it investigates innovative attempts to resist the invasion of mainstream...

During the last two decades, there have been various attempts at measuring and assessing the health of civil society. Some have focused almost exclusively on ‘counting' the nonprofit, while others have assessed the strength of nongovernmental organizations. Yet, these sectors are just a small...

People are finding new ways to get involved in public life and decision making - marking a shift from representative democracy to what is often called participatory democracy. Ironically, doubts about accountability and transparency - which made up the traditional critique of global governance...