Over the last decade, international rankings have emerged as a critical tool used by
international actors engaged in global governance. State practices and performance are …

Numbers dominate global politics and, as a result, our everyday lives. Credit ratings steer
financial markets and can make or break the future of entire nations. GDP drives our …

This paper offers a critical perspective on the growing phenomenon of governance
indicators in international politics. I employ a governmentality approach to shed light on the …

Government and governance are frequently treated as synonyms. Governing is what
governments do in formulating and implementing policies. A burgeoning political science …

Despite the fact that corporations have existed for centuries in one form or another, broadly
acceptable answers to some of the most fundamental questions of corporate law and theory …

A sovereign creditrating is a function of hard and soft information that should reflect the
creditworthiness and the probability of default of a country. We propose an alternative …

The banking and financial crisis that peaked in 2008 and that engulfed many of the major
US, UK, and Eu ro pe an commercial and investment banks in the New York and London …

The Freedom in the World (FITW) ratings of countries' freedom, created by Freedom House
in 1972, are widely used by many US audiences, including journalists, policymakers, and …

International financial regulation is not a topic that usually generates enormous public
interest. But the global financial crisis that began in late 2007 changed all that. Suddenly, the …

How have the most influential political economists of the past three centuries theorized
about sovereign borrowing and shaped its now widespread use? That important question …