Governing through Standards

Governing through Standards: An Introduction; S.Ponte, P.Gibbon & J. Vestergaard The Rise of Banking Standards and Their Limits; K.Young The New Standard in Banking Regulation -From Basel II to Basel III; M.Højland & J.Vestergaard Reforming Global Banking Standards: Back to the Future?; R.Lall Moving Beyond Nuts and Bolts: The Complexities of Governing a Global Profession through International Standards; C.Humphrey & A.Loft On the Pre-history of ISO 9000: The Making of a Neo-liberal Standard; P.Gibbon & L.Henriksen ISO 26000, Alternative Standards, and the 'Social Movement of Engineers' Involved with Standard-Setting; C.N.Murphy & J.Yates Standard-setting, Certifying and Benchmarking: A Governmentality Approach to Sustainability Standards in the Agro-Food Sector; M.Djama, E.Fouilleux & I.Vagneron Multi-stakeholder Initiatives for Sustainable Agriculture: The Limits of the 'Inclusiveness' Paradigm; E.Cheyns Competition, 'Best Practices' and Exclusion in the Market for Social and Environmental Standards; S.Ponte & L.Riisgaard The Local Instrumentality of Global Standards: How Mexican Indigenous Communities Use FSC Certification to Foster a Furniture Production Network; D.Klooster Conclusion: The Current Status, Limits and Future of 'Governing through Standards'; S.Ponte, P.Gibbon & J.Vestergaard