Calculating the Social : Standards and the Reconfiguration of Governing
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Standards and Standardization as a Social Science Problem; V.Higgins & W.Larner PART I THE GLOBAL AND LOCAL POLITICS OF STANDARDIZING Calculating Hybrids; P.Miller, L.Kurunm ki & T.O'Leary Gendering Codes of Conduct: Chiquita Bananas and Nicaraguan Women Workers; M.Prieto-Carr n & W.Larner The Practice of Third Party Certification: Enhancing Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice in the Global South?; C.Bain & M.Hatanaka PART II TECHNOLOGIES OF GOVERNING AND THE STANDARDIZING OF THE SOCIAL E-government and the Production of Standardized Individuality; P.Henman & M.Dean The Standardizing of Nursing Competencies; A.Dugdale & L.Grealish Industry Analysts and the Labour of Comparison; N.Pollock Sticking Plasters and the Standardizations of Everyday Life; M.Michael PART III THE CONTESTATION AND ADAPTATION OF STANDARDIZING PRACTICES Local Experiments with Global Certificates: How Russian Software Testers are Inventing Themselves as a Profession; M.Feakins Adapting Standards: The Case of Environmental Management Systems in Australia; V.Higgins, J.Dibden & C.Cocklin Standards, Orphan Drugs, and Pharmaceutical Markets; C.Novas PART IV CONCLUSION From Standardization to Standardizing Work; V.Higgins & W.Larner
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- ISBN-13: 9781349367948
- ISBN-10: 134936794X
- Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- Publish Date: January 2010
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.51 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.62 pounds
- Page Count: 227
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