Governing Standards: The Rise of Standardization Processes in France and in the EU

The rise of standardization processes highlights two different paths toward a regulatory state. Within the EU, the New Approach serves as a model for co‐regulation, and European standards have become instruments of supranational governance. In France, standardization is much more part of a renegotia...

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Published in:Governance (Oxford) 2007-01, Vol.20 (1), p.57-84
Main Author: BORRAZ, OLIVIER
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business - Regulation
Europe
European studies
European Union
European Union - Economic development
France
France - Economic development
Globalization
Governance
Government
Humanities and Social Sciences
International organization for standardization
Legislation
Monetary unions
Political science
Public policy
Regulation
Sociology
Standardization
State Role
Studies
Supranationality
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Summary:The rise of standardization processes highlights two different paths toward a regulatory state. Within the EU, the New Approach serves as a model for co‐regulation, and European standards have become instruments of supranational governance. In France, standardization is much more part of a renegotiation of the state’s role and influence in a changing society. In both cases, standardization was undertaken with other motives; yet it evolved to answer the strains and constraints exerted upon regulatory processes in the two polities. As such, standards are a case for unintentionality in policy instruments.
ISSN:0952-1895
1468-0491
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0491.2007.00344.x