Governing through Standards: Origins, Drivers and Limitations

The authors shows how and why standards are used as governance tools. They follow the historical development of standards and their new forms and roles, across the substantive areas of industrial and organizational 'quality', the financial sector, environment, and labour.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230295401
• ISBN13: 9780230295407
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.5"