Global Benchmarking Publications
Gaming Country Rankings: Consultancies as Knowledge Brokers for Global Benchmarks
Journal article in Public Administration
Broome, André (2022) ‘Gaming Country Rankings: Consultancies as Knowledge Brokers for Global Benchmarks’, Public Administration 100, in press.
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How Countries Gamed the World Bank’s Business Rankings
Commentary published in EUROPP: European Politics and Policy
Broome, André (2021) 'How Countries Gamed the World Bank's Business Rankings', London School of Economics and Political Science, EUROPP – European Politics and Policy, Tuesday 7th December.
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Recursive Recognition in the International Political Economy
Journal article in Review of International Political Economy
Broome, André and Leonard Seabrooke (2021) ‘Recursive Recognition in the International Political Economy’, Review of International Political Economy 28(2): 369–381.
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Bad Science: International Organizations and the Indirect Power of Global Benchmarking
Journal article in European Journal of International Relations
Broome, André, Alexandra Homolar, and Matthias Kranke (2018) ‘Bad Science: International Organizations and the Indirect Power of Global Benchmarking’, European Journal of International Relations 24(3): 514–539.
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British International Studies Association (BISA)
Best Article Prize
The 2016 BISA Best Article Prize for Review of International Studies was awarded to André Broome & Joel Quirk for their article:
Governing the World at a Distance: The Practice of Global Benchmarking
Review of International Studies 41(5): 819–41.
The Politics of Numbers: The Normative Agendas of Global Benchmarking
Special Issue of Review of International Studies
Broome, André and Joel Quirk (eds) (2015) ‘The Politics of Numbers: The Normative Agendas of Global Benchmarking’, Review of International Studies 41(5): 813-1010.
Contributing authors: André Broome and Joel Quirk; Liam Clegg; James Harrison and Sharifah Sekalala; Alexandra Homolar; Caroline Kuzemko; Genevieve LeBaron and Jane Lister; Tony Porter; Leonard Seabrooke and Duncan Wigan; Ole Jacob Sending and Jon Harald Sande Lie.
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The Politics of Numbers: The Global Slavery Index and the Marketplace of Activism
Commentary published in openDemocracy: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery
Republished as: Broome, André and Joel Quirk (2015) ‘The Politics of Numbers: The Global Slavery Index and the Marketplace of Activism’ in
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