THE POLITICS OF NUMBERS THE NORMATIVE AGENDAS OF GLOBAL BENCHMARKING Out now: 2015 Special Issue of Review of International Studies Edited by André Broome & Joel Quirk Contents Introduction. The politics of numbers: the normative agendas of global benchmarking André Broome & Joel Quirk Governing the world at a distance: the practice of global benchmarking Download the Special Issue http://journals.cambridge.org/ris André Broome & Joel Quirk Human security benchmarks: Governing human wellbeing at a distance Alexandra Homolar Global benchmarking networks: the cases of disaster risk reduction and supply chains Tony Porter “The proliferation of global benchmarks contributes to the diffusion of normative visions and agendas How activists use benchmarks: Reformist and revolutionary benchmarks for global economic justice regarding what various Leonard Seabrooke & Duncan Wigan types of transnational actors Benchmarking global supply chains: the power of the ‘ethical audit’ regime should look like, what they Genevieve LeBaron & Jane Lister should value, and how they Addressing the compliance gap? UN initiatives to benchmark the human rights performance of states and corporations should behave.” James Harrison & Sharifah Sekalala - André Broome & Joel Quirk Benchmarking and blame games: Exploring the contestation of the Millennium Development Goals Liam Clegg Climate change benchmarking: Constructing a sustainable future? Caroline Kuzemko The limits of global authority: World Bank benchmarks in Ethiopia and Malawi Ole Jacob Sending & Jon Harald Sande Lie View the Global Benchmarking Database www.warwick.ac.uk/globalbenchmarking