Governing the world at a distance: The practice of global benchmarking

Review of International Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 819-841

  Broome, André ^a,b   Quirk, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84949945383     PISSN: 02602105     EISSN: 14699044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0260210515000340     Document Type: Review

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