L'ouvrage s'appuie sur l'économie politique internationale et des domaines connexes pour conceptualiser et analyser de façon surprenante le rôle des normes dans l'expansion mondiale des services, avec des études approfondies de leur environnement institutionnel et des cas, y compris l'industrie des assurances et la sous-traitance des services aux entreprises en Inde. Le pouvoir des normes ressemble à une forme d'autorité hybride transnationale, dans laquelle l'ambiguïté doit être considérée comme un attribut générique, définissant non seulement le statut des acteurs publics et privés impliqués dans la normalisation et la réglementation, mais aussi la portée des questions concernées et l'espace dans lequel cette autorité est reconnue pour se conformer aux normes. Pour plus d'informations, veuillez visiter le site Web suivant : https://bit.ly/2FvUCiP et utilisez le code GRAZ19 à la caisse pour bénéficier d'une réduction de 20%. Grâce au financement du FNS, le livre est également disponible en libre accès.
Standards often remain unseen, yet they play a fundamental part in the organisation of contemporary capitalism and society at large. What form of power do they epitomise? Why have they become so prominent? Are they set to be as important for the globalisation of services as for manufactured goods? Graz draws on international political economy and cognate fields to present strong theoretical arguments, compelling research and surprising evidence on the role of standards in the global expansion of services, with in-depth studies of their institutional environment and cases including the insurance industry and business process outsourcing in India. The power of standards resembles a form of transnational hybrid authority, in which ambiguity should be seen as a generic attribute, defining not only the status of public and private actors involved in standardisation and regulation, but also the scope of issues concerned and the space in which such authority is recognised when complying to standards. This book is also available as Open Access.
Explains the rise of non-conventional forms of power in the organisation of contemporary capitalism beyond government failure and corporate power
Gives a sweeping conceptualisation of hybridity in international relations, global governance and regulation.
Describes the globalisation of services beyond mere sectorial or institutional specificities
Proposes a new perspective on standards and business models used across services
Highlights regulatory issues in new mega-trade deal negotiations
This book is also available in Open Access.