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Timmermans, S., & Epstein, S. (2010). A world of standards but not a standard world: Toward a sociology of standards and standardization. Annual Review of Sociology, 36, 69–89. Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (11/30/23, 10:21 AM) Last edited by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (11/30/23, 10:23 AM) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English ID no. (ISBN etc.): 03600572, 15452115 BibTeX citation key: Timmermans2010 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Ambiguity, Standards, Vagueness Creators: Epstein, Timmermans Collection: Annual Review of Sociology |
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Standards and standardization aim to render the world equivalent across cultures, time, and geography. Standards are ubiquitous but underappreciated tools for regulating and organizing social life in modernity, and they lurk in the background of many sociological works. Reviewing the relevance of standards and standardization in diverse theoretical traditions and sociological subfields, we point to the emergence and institutionalization of standards, the difficulties of making standards work, resistance to standardization, and the multiple outcomes of standards. Rather than associating standardization with totalizing narratives of globalization or dehumanization, we call for careful empirical analysis of the specific and unintended consequences of different sorts of standards operating in distinct social domains.
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