Worlds of Rankings

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...

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Other Authors Ringel, Leopold (Editor), Espeland, Wendy (Director), Sauder, Michael (Editor), Werron, Tobias (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
SeriesResearch in the sociology of organizations ; v. 74.
Subjects
Ranking and selection (Statistics)
Social sciences > Statistical methods.
Public opinion.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781801171076
DOI10.1108/S0733-558X202174
Physical Description1 online resource (272 pages).

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Table of 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 was alignment devices in global public policy / Justyna Bandiola-Gill, Matteo Grek and Sotiria 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.

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