Calculating the Social

Standards and the Reconfiguration of Governing

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Sociology
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Author: ISBN: 9780230289673
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: September 29, 2010
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780230289673
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: September 29, 2010
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

Examining the increasingly powerful role of standards in the governing of economic, political and social life, this book draws upon governmentality and actor network theory to explore how standards and standardizing projects are articulated and rendered workable in practice, and the objects, subjects and forms of identity to which this gives rise.

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Examining the increasingly powerful role of standards in the governing of economic, political and social life, this book draws upon governmentality and actor network theory to explore how standards and standardizing projects are articulated and rendered workable in practice, and the objects, subjects and forms of identity to which this gives rise.

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