Ranking the world grading states as a tool of global governance

"Over the last decade international rankings have emerged as a critical tool used by international actors engaged in global governance. State practices and performance are now judged by a number of high profile indexes, including assessments of their levels of corruption, quality of democracy,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Cooley, Alexander, 1972- editor (editor), Snyder, Jack L., editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press 2015.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b3981354x*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The emerging politics of international rankings and ratings: A framework for analysis
  • Just who put you in charge? We did: CRAs and the politics of ratings
  • Corruption rankings: Constructing and contesting the global anti-corruption agenda
  • Measuring stateness, ranking political orders: Indices of state fragility and state failure
  • Lost in the gray zone: Competing measures of democracy in the former Soviet republics
  • Winning the rankings game: The Republic of Georgia, USAID, and the Doing Business Project
  • Conclusion: Rating the ratings craze: From consumer choice to public policy outcomes.