Introduction
Good, bad or indifferent : the emergence of rating
Unconscious power
Rating corporations
Rating state and local governments
Global growth of the rating business
Blown calls : rating challenges and crises
A new constellation of power.
The new masters of capital : American bond rating agencies and the politics of creditworthiness by Timothy J. Sinclair. ISBN 0801443288. Published by Cornell University Press in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.