Making Data Docile

Analytics, Policy, and Governance Edited by Jennifer Bachner, Benjamin Ginsberg, and Kathryn Wagner Hill

The advent of analytics has revolutionized how governments operate. Highly detailed and readily available, big data has become a primary driver of how administrations interact with and govern their constituents. Yet analytics remain an unyielding mystery to many bureaucratic leaders. The perceived difficulty of accurately and ethically managing them prevents many from ever getting start