Worlds of Rankings

This volume contains an Open Access Chapter. 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.

About the author

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.

Summary

This volume contains an Open Access Chapter. 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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Wendy Espeland (Editor), Wendy (Northwestern University Espeland (Editor), Leopold Ringel (Editor), Leopold (Bielefeld University Ringel (Editor), Michael Sauder (Editor), Michael (University of Iowa Sauder (Editor), Tobias Werron (Editor), Tobias (Bielefeld University Werron (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781801171069
• ISBN: 978-1-80117-106-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 549 g
• Series: Research in the Sociology of O; Research in the Sociology of Organizations
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories