Rankings and Global Knowledge Governance

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Argues that rankings and indicators are constitutive elements of global knowledge governance
Explores how higher education and innovation policies have become central aspects in national economic competitiveness
Examines the history of rankings, their politicization, their shifting practices and growing fragmentation
Argues that rankings and indicators are constitutive elements of global knowledge governance Explores how higher education and innovation policies have become central aspects in national economic competitiveness Examines the history of rankings, their politicization, their shifting practices and growing fragmentation

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Tero Erkkilä

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“The core strength of this book lies in its broad historical analysis of how global rankings have evolved over time. … Overall this book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of global rankings for public management over time and of how higher education … . the way the authors present historical background afforded me a holistic view of how and why higher education has been associated with global rankings and competitiveness for more than a decade.” (Busra Kulakoglu, Educational Review, Vol. 74 (3), 2022)
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“Erkkilä and Piironen have done an impressive study of the rise and impact of the greatly expanded system of global rankings -- particularly of universities and higher education.  Rankings play a central governance role in national (and world) societies, especially as these are now seen as “knowledge societies,” so this study will be of great and general interest.” (John W. Meyer, Stanford University, USA)

“This book’s special and very original contribution to a growing field of research is revealing the common features of various sorts of rankings going well beyond the field of university rankings, tracing their common ideational background and highlighting the development and fragmentation of rankings with new actors entering the field. Researchers, students, administrators and policy actors get profound insights from reading this carefully researched and well written book.” (Richard Münch, University of Bamberg, Germany)

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