The Power of Global Performance Indicators

Herausgeber: Kelley, Judith G; Simmons, Beth A

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Shows how global ratings and rankings shape political agendas and influence states' behavior, reframing how we think about power.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9781108487207
• ISBN-10: 1108487203
• Artikelnr.: 57119115

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: the power of global indicators Judith Kelley and Beth
Simmons; Part I. Ratings, Rankings and Regulatory Behavior: 2. The power of
ranking: the ease of doing business and global regulatory behavior Rush
Doshi, Judith Kelley and Beth Simmons; 3. Blacklists, market enforcement,
and the global regime to combat terrorist financing Julia C. Morse; 4.
Power of indicators in global development policy: the millennium
development goals Helena Hede Skagerlind; Part II. The Normative Influence
of Ratings and Rankings: 5. A race to the top? The aid transparency index
and the normative power of global performance indicators Dan Honig and
Catherine Weaver; 6. International assessments and education policy:
evidence from an elite survey Rie Kijima and Phillip Y. Lipscy; 7.
Reporting matters: performance indicators and compliance in the ILO Faradj
Koliev, Thomas Sommerer and Jonas Tallberg; 8. Freedom House's scarlet
letter: assessment power through transnational pressure Jordan Roberts and
Juan Tellez; Part III. Beyond and Within State: Influences and Impacts on
Non-state Actors: 9. Can blacklisting reduce terrorist attacks? The case of
the US Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) List Hyeran Jo, Brian Phillips
and Joshua Alley; 10. Assessing international organizations: competition,
collaboration, and politics of funding Ranjit Lall; Part IV. Skeptical
Voices: Null Results, Unintended Consequences: 11. Third party policymakers
and the limits of the influence of indicators Melissa M. Lee and Aila M.
Matanock; 12. The millennium development goals and education:
accountability and substitution in global performance indicators James H.
Bisbee, James R. Hollyer, B. Peter Rosendorff and James Raymond Vreeland;
13. Conclusion: global performance indicators: themes, findings and an
agenda for research Judith Kelley and Beth Simmons.