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Ranking the World - Grading States as a Tool of Global Governance (Hardcover)
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Ranking the World - Grading States as a Tool of Global Governance (Hardcover)
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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 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.
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