The Politics of Rating Freedom: Ideological Affinity, Private Authority, and the Freedom in the World Ratings
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592717000925
Abstract: The Freedom in the World (FITW) ratings of countries’ freedom, created by Freedom House in 1972, are widely used by many U.S. audiences, including journalists, policymakers, and scholars. Why and how did these ratings acquire… read more here.
Keywords: freedom; ideological affinity; private authority; authority ... See more keywords