Translating Technical Diplomacy: The Participation of Civil Society Organisations in International Standardisation
| Autor: | Christophe Hauert, Jean-Christophe Graz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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International relations
021110 strategic defence & security studies Global and Planetary Change Sociology of scientific knowledge Civil society Standardization Democratic deficit media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Public administration Global governance 050601 international relations 0506 political science global governance international standards participation civil society organisations science and technology studies (STS) Scholarship Political science Diplomacy media_common |
| Zdroj: | Global Society, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 163-183 |
| ISSN: | 1469-798X 1360-0826 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13600826.2019.1567476 |
| Popis: | This article examines the participation of civil society organisations (CSO) in the various arenas of global governance with focus on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). While diverse studies recognise the difficulty of CSOs’ participation despite the growing importance of standards in the organisation of markets, little attention has been paid to how such involvement is likely to be reinforced in what we call ‘technical diplomacy’, the negotiating processes involving states and non-state actors geared toward setting specifications claiming to be based on scientific knowledge. Drawing upon scholarship in new forms of regulation in organisational studies, international relations, and science and technology studies, the paper argues that CSOs’ participation depends on multiple translation practices between lay- and expert-knowledge. Findings are based on an action-research project, INTERNORM, pooling academic and CSO participation in ISO technical committees. It suggests some promising directions for addressing the democratic deficit of technical diplomacy. |
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