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Summer Wood

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ID3693809
NAMESummer Wood
GIVEN NAMESSummer
FAMILY NAMEWood
SIGNATUREWOOD S
AFFILIATIONSNew York University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS19
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX1
  • The bureaucracy of birth registration in Tanzania

    Summer Wood•ARTICLE•Critical Policy Studies•2019•References: 16

    Birth registration is a basic human right. It is also considered a ‘gateway right’ which aids in the realization of many other civil, political, economic and social rights. After decades as an ‘orphan’ policy issue, birth registration is gaining prominence among experts and policy actors in the fields of international development and global health. This article examines the challenges of improving birth registration policy and implementation in T…

  • Quantification and the Paradox of Measurement

    Sally Engle Merry, Summer Wood•ARTICLE•Current Anthropology•2015•Cited by: 19•References: 28

    Enthusiasm for techniques of measuring and assessing performance in statistical and comparable ways is sweeping the field of human rights, as well as many other spheres of social life such as health, education, and global governance. But as global standards and measurement systems are applied to the complex array of local systems of governance, community, and social life around the world, the project of measurement faces the double challenges of …

  • Cinematic Prophylaxis

    Open Access•Summer Wood•ARTICLE•Visual Anthropology Review•2007

  • Quantification and the Paradox of Measurement

    Sally Engle Merry, Summer Wood•ARTICLE•Current Anthropology•2015•Cited by: 19•References: 28

    Enthusiasm for techniques of measuring and assessing performance in statistical and comparable ways is sweeping the field of human rights, as well as many other spheres of social life such as health, education, and global governance. But as global standards and measurement systems are applied to the complex array of local systems of governance, community, and social life around the world, the project of measurement faces the double challenges of …

  • Cinematic Prophylaxis

    Open Access•Summer Wood•ARTICLE•Visual Anthropology Review•2007

  • Quantification and the Paradox of Measurement

    Sally Engle Merry, Summer Wood•ARTICLE•Current Anthropology•2015•Cited by: 19•References: 28

    Enthusiasm for techniques of measuring and assessing performance in statistical and comparable ways is sweeping the field of human rights, as well as many other spheres of social life such as health, education, and global governance. But as global standards and measurement systems are applied to the complex array of local systems of governance, community, and social life around the world, the project of measurement faces the double challenges of …

  • The bureaucracy of birth registration in Tanzania

    Summer Wood•ARTICLE•Critical Policy Studies•2019•References: 16

    Birth registration is a basic human right. It is also considered a ‘gateway right’ which aids in the realization of many other civil, political, economic and social rights. After decades as an ‘orphan’ policy issue, birth registration is gaining prominence among experts and policy actors in the fields of international development and global health. This article examines the challenges of improving birth registration policy and implementation in T…

Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development (1 work) · Bureaucracy (1 work) · Citation (1 work) · Convention (1 work)

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