Governing standards : the rise of standardization processes in France and in the EU

Olivier Borraz (1)

1 CSO - Centre de sociologie des organisations (Sciences Po, CNRS)

The rise of standardization processes highlights two different paths toward a regulatory state. Within the EU, the New Approach serves as a model for co-regulation, and European standards have become instruments of supranational governance. In France, standardization is much more part of a renegotiation of the state's role and influence in a changing society. In both cases, standardization was undertaken with other motives; yet it evolved to answer the strains and constraints exerted upon regulatory processes in the two polities. As such, standards are a case for unintentionality in policy instruments.

Mots clés: régulation; gouvernance; standardisation; instrument de politique publique

Domaines: Science politique; Sociologie

Olivier Borraz. Governing standards : the rise of standardization processes in France and in the EU. Governance. An international Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions, 2007, 20 (1), pp.57 - 84. ⟨10.1111/j.1468-0491.2007.00344.x⟩. ⟨hal-02361071⟩