Standards : recipes for reality /

This book investigates standards as the recipes that shape not only the physical world, but human social interactions. The author outlines the history of formal standards and describes how modern science came to be associated with the moral-technical project of standardization of both people and thi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Busch, Lawrence
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
Colección:Infrastructures series.
Temas:
Standardization.
Standardization > Social aspects.
Normalisation.
Normalisation > Aspect social.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Measurement.
Standardization
Standardization > Social aspects
Norm
Standardisierung
Standaardisatie.
Kwaliteitszorg.
Accreditatie.
Sociale aspecten.
Ethische aspecten.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The power of standards
  • Standardizing the world
  • From standardization to standardized differentiation
  • Certified, accredited, licensed, approved
  • Standards, ethics, and justice
  • Standards and democracy
  • Conclusions : another road to serfdom?

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