Judith Kelley is dean of the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy, Terry Sanford Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, and author of "Scorecard Diplomacy: Grading States to Influence Their Reputation and Behavior" (Cambridge University Press, 2017).
He is editor of several books including Human Rights Futures Cambridge University Presss, August 2017), with Stephen Hopgood and Leslie Vinjamuri; Ranking the World: Grading States as a Tool of Global Governance, with Alexander Cooley, and Religion and International Relations Theory.
Dr. Kelley's book is called Scorecard Diplomacy: Grading States to Influence Their Reputation and Behavior.
Her recent book, Scorecard Diplomacy: Grading States to Influence their Reputation and Behavior (Cambridge University Press, 2017), assesses the US policy on trafficking around the world.
This week, we authored a report grading states on how well they protect a fundamental workplace right: getting paid what you are legally owed.
The report graded state and local governments on land use, open space and water quality.
It graded state power with respect to five factors and emphasized espionage, diplomatic maneuver, and contention by 12 categories of states within a complex geopolitical matrix.
It goes as far as issuing annual report cards grading nation states worldwide about their efforts to protect human rights.
You cite a study that graded states poorly on ethics issues, yet you did not acknowledge that the overwhelming majority of the 7,382 state legislators are honorable public servants.
