Worlds of Rankings

• Other Authors: Ringel, Leopold (Editor), Espeland, Wendy (Director), Sauder, Michael (Editor), Werron, Tobias (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
• Series: Research in the sociology of organizations ; v. 74.
• Subjects: Ranking and selection (Statistics); Social sciences > Statistical methods.; Public opinion.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781801171076
• DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X202174
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 pages).

This volume contains an Open Access chapter. We have witnessed an avalanche of quantitative public measures over the past decades. Research in the social sciences has shown that rankings in particular are now a driving force of social change - both, desired and undesired - in many areas of modern li...