Worlds of Rankings
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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 life. This volume explores the distinct allure of rankings in diverse empirical settings such as healthcare, the IT sector, the arts, professional sports, anti-slavery advocacy, the pharma industry, and educational governance.
Drawing from a rich variety of social theories and methodologies, the contributions to this volume advance our understanding of the production, institutionalization, and effects of rankings significantly, sparking new debates and suggesting promising pathways forward.
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
Leopold Ringel is Lecturer in Sociology at Bielefeld University, Germany. He works in the areas of organizational sociology, political sociology, and sociological theory and studies the impact of transparency on organizations and the institutionalization of rankings.
Wendy Espeland is Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University, USA. She works in the areas of quantification, organizations, culture, and social theory.
Michael Sauder is Professor of Sociology at the University of Iowa, USA. His research interests include the study of luck and inequality, the organizational effects of quantification, and the diffusion of ideas.
Tobias Werron is Professor of Sociological Theory at Bielefeld University, Germany. His research interests include competition, nationalism, globalization and practices of theorizing.