Governing through standards
Subtitle: origins, drivers and limitations
By: edited by Stefano Ponte, Peter Gibbon, Jakob Vestergaard
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780230295407
Subjects: Total quality management in government; Performance standards; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business; Public administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General
Description: Governing through standards - rather than through law and regulation - is one of the central trends that has emerged in industrialized countries since the 1980s. This collection explains how and why standards are used as governance tools, how they are internally governed, and what effects they have in the real world. An interdisciplinary group of scholars examines standards in banking and accounting, quality management and organizational social responsibility, and sustainability standards. Applying theoretical frameworks within political economy and governmentality studies, the contributors analyze how governing through standards differs from other types of regulation. Finally, they shed light on the origins and drivers behind standards and the limitations of using standards as a governance tool. -- Book Cover.
Notes: Includes index.