Espeland, W. N. & Stevens, M. L. (1998). Commensuration as a Social Process. Annual Review of Sociology 24: 313–343. doi:10.1146/annurev.soc.24.1.313.

Not read. The summary is drawn from the abstract or from what the work is standardly cited for. A reading should check it first.

Why this is here

A22: Espeland and Stevens “examine how representing different qualities through common metrics changes comparison and exercises social power.” A22 used it for what a legibility regime does to the things it makes comparable. Bears on TERM-064.