How nations choose product standards and standards change nations /
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| Language: | English |
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Pittsburgh :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
©1997.
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| Series: | Pitt series in policy and institutional studies
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Table of Contents:
- A standard primer: an introduction to standards: what they do and do not do. The diverse strands of standardization. The many faces of standards
- American standards: a system that just grew: Standards in American history. The American "system" of standards
- Other systems, other functions: Standards in the European Community: building blocks toward integration? Standards and the Japanese miracle: the politics and economics of quality. Standards as boundaries: the abortive efforts of Soviet Europe
- Becoming and evolving: the future of standards: The evolution of standards and the processes of formalization. World of increasing sameness?