Worlds of rankings. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Leopold Ringel, Wendy Espeland, Michael Sauder, Tobias Werron.
• Editors: Ringel, Leopold; Espeland, Wendy Nelson; Sauder, Michael; Werron, Tobias
• Contents: Chapter 1. Worlds of Rankings; Leopold Ringel, Wendy Espeland, Michael Sauder, and Tobias Werron The producers of rankings Chapter 2. Beyond Winners and Losers: Ranking Visualizations as Alignment Devices in Global Public Policy; Justyna Bandola-Gill, Sotiria Grek, and Matteo Ronzani OPEN ACCESS Chapter 3. Stepping into the spotlight: how rankings become public performances; Leopold Ringel Chapter 4. Between stakeholders and third parties: Regulatory rankings and the organization of competition; Afshin Mehrpouya and Rita Samiolo The negotiation, interpretation and institutionalization of rankings Chapter 5. Measure of Shame': Media Career of the Global Slavery Index; Jelena Brankovic Chapter 6. Redefining Achievement: The Emergence of Rankings in American Baseball, 1850s to 1870s; Clelia Minnetian and Tobias Werron Chapter 7. Caring for Numbers. Creating Account-ability through Healthcare Performance Metrics in Sweden and the Netherland; Iris Wallenburg, Roland Bal, and Anna Essén The effects of rankings Chapter 8. The Garbage Can Model and Organizational Metrics; Michael Sauder, Hyunsik Chun, and Wendy Espeland Chapter 9. Formality vs. Flexibility: The Effects of Evaluation Practices on Judging and Performance; Stacy Lom Chapter 10. Ranking strategy: how organisations respond to the new competitive battlefields; Neil Pollock, Luciana D'Adderio, and Martin Kornberger.
• Publisher Details: United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 001.422; Social sciences -- Statistics; Social sciences -- Research
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781801171076; 9781801171052
• Related ISBNs: 9781801171069
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