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Author:   Judith G. Kelley (Duke University, North Carolina) ,  Beth A. Simmons (University of Pennsylvania)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.740kg
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9781108487207

ISBN 10:   1108487203
Pages:   450
Publication Date:   19 March 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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.

Reviews

'Global rankings have become an institutionalized benchmark that drives policymaking and social perceptions of excellence. In this wide-ranging volume, Judith Kelley and Beth Simmons have summoned the best minds to reorient how we think about global dynamics.' Mauro F. Guillen, The Wharton School 'Do indicators matter? The Power of Global Performance Indicators offers impressive empirical evidence that they do. As the use of quantitative measures as a mode of governance mushrooms, countries and leaders become increasingly concerned about their reputations and rankings. This collection of studies provides invaluable evidence about how and why they work. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the trajectory of governance strategies today.' Sally Engle Merry, New York University 'Rankings have become a stealth but ubiquitous feature of our world. If there is an activity, there is a ranking. If there is an actor, it is ranked from several vantages points. States sometimes care about how there are ranked and judged, and sometimes they even care enough to change their behavior or manipulate how they are ranked. What makes this collection truly impressive is not just the evidence that ranking matter but the careful, and sometimes quite methodologically creative, demonstration of how they matter. An important book that is a significant contribution to the literature of international relations.' Michael Barnett, George Washington University 'Especially since the 1990s, policy entrepreneurs have used comparative indicators of performance to affect policies of organizations that depend on impersonal transnational flows of resources. The Power of Global Performance Indicators demonstrates that in contemporary world politics, power can come less from the barrel of a gun than from marshalling and framing social science data.' Robert O. Keohane, Princeton University, New Jersey 'In my list of the best books on global governance, this one about Global Performance Assessments ranks very high. It scores high on all dimensions of a book performance assessment: great and innovative theme, good theoretical grounding, well-executed research, and very interesting findings. It is a Triple-A book.' Michael Zurn, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University 'Global rankings have become an institutionalized benchmark that drives policymaking and social perceptions of excellence. In this wide-ranging volume, Judith Kelley and Beth Simmons have summoned the best minds to reorient how we think about global dynamics.' Mauro F. Guillen, The Wharton School 'Do indicators matter? The Power of Global Performance Indicators offers impressive empirical evidence that they do. As the use of quantitative measures as a mode of governance mushrooms, countries and leaders become increasingly concerned about their reputations and rankings. This collection of studies provides invaluable evidence about how and why they work. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the trajectory of governance strategies today.' Sally Engle Merry, New York University 'Rankings have become a stealth but ubiquitous feature of our world. If there is an activity, there is a ranking. If there is an actor, it is ranked from several vantages points. States sometimes care about how there are ranked and judged, and sometimes they even care enough to change their behavior or manipulate how they are ranked. What makes this collection truly impressive is not just the evidence that ranking matter but the careful, and sometimes quite methodologically creative, demonstration of how they matter. An important book that is a significant contribution to the literature of international relations.' Michael Barnett, George Washington University 'Especially since the 1990s, policy entrepreneurs have used comparative indicators of performance to affect policies of organizations that depend on impersonal transnational flows of resources. The Power of Global Performance Indicators demonstrates that in contemporary world politics, power can come less from the barrel of a gun than from marshalling and framing social science data.' Robert O. Keohane, Princeton University, New Jersey 'In my list of the best books on global governance, this one about Global Performance Assessments ranks very high. It scores high on all dimensions of a book performance assessment: great and innovative theme, good theoretical grounding, well-executed research, and very interesting findings. It is a Triple-A book.' Michael Zurn, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

'Global rankings have become an institutionalized benchmark that drives policymaking and social perceptions of excellence. In this wide-ranging volume, Judith Kelley and Beth Simmons have summoned the best minds to reorient how we think about global dynamics.' Mauro F. Guillen, The Wharton School 'Do indicators matter? The Power of Global Performance Indicators offers impressive empirical evidence that they do. As the use of quantitative measures as a mode of governance mushrooms, countries and leaders become increasingly concerned about their reputations and rankings. This collection of studies provides invaluable evidence about how and why they work. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the trajectory of governance strategies today.' Sally Engle Merry, New York University 'Rankings have become a stealth but ubiquitous feature of our world. If there is an activity, there is a ranking. If there is an actor, it is ranked from several vantages points. States sometimes care about how there are ranked and judged, and sometimes they even care enough to change their behavior or manipulate how they are ranked. What makes this collection truly impressive is not just the evidence that ranking matter but the careful, and sometimes quite methodologically creative, demonstration of how they matter. An important book that is a significant contribution to the literature of international relations.' Michael Barnett, George Washington University 'Especially since the 1990s, policy entrepreneurs have used comparative indicators of performance to affect policies of organizations that depend on impersonal transnational flows of resources. The Power of Global Performance Indicators demonstrates that in contemporary world politics, power can come less from the barrel of a gun than from marshalling and framing social science data.' Robert O. Keohane, Princeton University, New Jersey 'In my list of the best books on global governance, this one about Global Performance Assessments ranks very high. It scores high on all dimensions of a book performance assessment: great and innovative theme, good theoretical grounding, well-executed research, and very interesting findings. It is a Triple-A book.' Michael Zurn, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

'Global rankings have become an institutionalized benchmark that drives policymaking and social perceptions of excellence. In this wide-ranging volume, Judith Kelley and Beth Simmons have summoned the best minds to reorient how we think about global dynamics.' Mauro F. Guillen, The Wharton School 'Do indicators matter? The Power of Global Performance Indicators offers impressive empirical evidence that they do. As the use of quantitative measures as a mode of governance mushrooms, countries and leaders become increasingly concerned about their reputations and rankings. This collection of studies provides invaluable evidence about how and why they work. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the trajectory of governance strategies today.' Sally Engle Merry, New York University 'Rankings have become a stealth but ubiquitous feature of our world. If there is an activity, there is a ranking. If there is an actor, it is ranked from several vantages points. States sometimes care about how there are ranked and judged, and sometimes they even care enough to change their behavior or manipulate how they are ranked. What makes this collection truly impressive is not just the evidence that ranking matter but the careful, and sometimes quite methodologically creative, demonstration of how they matter. An important book that is a significant contribution to the literature of international relations.' Michael Barnett, George Washington University 'Especially since the 1990s, policy entrepreneurs have used comparative indicators of performance to affect policies of organizations that depend on impersonal transnational flows of resources. The Power of Global Performance Indicators demonstrates that in contemporary world politics, power can come less from the barrel of a gun than from marshalling and framing social science data.' Robert O. Keohane, Princeton University, New Jersey 'In my list of the best books on global governance, this one about Global Performance Assessments ranks very high. It scores high on all dimensions of a book performance assessment: great and innovative theme, good theoretical grounding, well-executed research, and very interesting findings. It is a Triple-A book.' Michael Zürn, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Author Information

Judith Kelley is a Professor and Dean of the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, North Carolina. She is the author of Scorecard Diplomacy: Grading States to Influence their Reputation and Behavior (Cambridge, 2017), and Monitoring Democracy: When International Election Observation Works and Why It Often Fails (2012), winner of the Chadwick F. Alger Prize. Beth Simmons is a Professor of Law, Political Science and Business Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics (2009), recognized by the American Society for International Law, among others, as the best book of 2010.

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