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050	0	0	_aJZ1316 _b.R36 2015
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245	0	0	_aRanking the world : _bgrading states as a tool of global governance / _cedited by Alexander Cooley and Jack Snyder.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2015.
300			_a1 online resource (xiii, 242 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: 1. The emerging politics of international rankings and ratings: a framework for analysis Alexander Cooley; 2. Just who put you in charge? We did: CRAs and the politics of ratings Rawi Abdelal and Mark Blyth; 3. Corruption rankings: constructing and contesting the global anti-corruption agenda Mlada Bukovansky; 4. Measuring stateness, ranking political orders: indexes of state fragility and state failure Nehal Bhuta; 5. Competing measures of democracy in the former Soviet Republics Seva Gunitsky; 6. Winning the rankings game: the Republic of Georgia, USAID, and the Doing Business project Sam Schueth; 7. Conclusion. Rating the ratings craze: from consumer choice to public policy outcomes Jack Snyder and Alexander Cooley.
520			_aOver 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 indices, including assessments of their levels of corruption, quality of democracy, creditworthiness, media freedom, and business environment. However, these rankings always carry value judgments, methodological choices, and implicit political agendas. This volume expertly addresses the important analytical, normative, and policy issues associated with the contemporary practice of'grading states'. The chapters explore how rankings affect our perceptions of state performance, how states react to being ranked, why some rankings exert more global influence than others, and how states have come to strategize and respond to these public judgments. The book also critically examines how treating state rankings like popular consumer choice indices may actually lead policymakers to internalize questionable normative assumptions and lead to poorer, not improved, public policy outcomes.
650		0	_aNation-state and globalization.
650		0	_aInternational relations _xStatistics _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aInternational economic relations _xStatistics _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aWorld politics _y21st century.
700	1		_aCooley, Alexander, _d1972- _eeditor.
700	1		_aSnyder, Jack L., _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107098138
856	4	0	_uhttps://eresourcesptsl.ukm.remotexs.co/user/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316161555
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