Standardisation

Vries, Henk J. de; Delimatsis, Panagiotis

doi:10.1017/cbo9781316423240.002

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“…It spans ‘communities of practice’ and makes things work together across cultures, geography, and time (Wood, 2021). It promises to provide an optimal solution for a matching problem and is, in principle, voluntary rather than compulsory (De Vries, 2015). However, standards not only direct attention to some solutions but also away from others.…”

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“…The standardisation of TJ is puzzling because it consolidates existing practices that have so far been unable to convincingly demonstrate a beneficial effect on transitional societies. Standards define ‘solutions for matching problems’, often with reference to effectiveness, efficiency and optimal outcomes (De Vries, 2015: 22). They are voluntarily adopted and implemented for strategic and functional reasons.…”

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The standardisation of transitional justice

Gissel

2022

European Journal of International Relations

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This article argues that transitional justice (TJ) has recently been standardised: There is now a two-tiered global standard of TJ which structures policy responses and academic thinking. TJ comprises criminal justice, truth-telling, reparation and institutional reform – four core elements in a ‘comprehensive’ approach. The standard involves specifications for design, procedure and performance and draws on a selection of seemingly unambiguous international legal norms. Paradoxically, it claims to eschew a one-size-fits-all formula, while promoting uniformity in diverse contexts. It is moreover unclear whether its implementation generates beneficial effects in society. Building on existing research on international standardisation as an international political and sociological phenomenon, the article analyses the recently developed TJ standard and presents the first account of the process of TJ standardisation. It demonstrates how processes of ‘generification’ and ‘localisation’ make practices transferable and establish the means to facilitate their replication in and across different contexts and settings. These processes are illustrated drawing on existing scholarship from around the world that highlights the acceptance and contestation of and resistance to the standard. After analysing these processes, the article discusses the implications of TJ standardisation for societies, scholarship and global governance.

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Section: International Standardisationmentioning

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The standardisation of transitional justice

Gissel

2022

European Journal of International Relations

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“…Limited evidence shows that standards affect creativity and innovation through the cognitive route (Acar et al, 2018;de Vries, 2021); that is, standards behaving as output constraints trigger cognitive thinking and help using intelligence to come up with innovative solutions. This route is activated and the effect of the standard (output constraint) is enhanced and larger when the individual or group subject to this restriction have expertise in the field and high learnability among others.…”

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Linking constraints in idea generation theory with standardisation in product and service innovation

Navarro Gonzalez

2022

Journal of Standardisation

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From the literature it is known that standards may positively impact innovation, but how? This paper focuses on the role of standards in the creativity part of the innovation process. Standards put constraints, and this might hinder creativity. Applying the theory of constraints, it is argued that the opposite can be the case: standards may stimulate creativity. Standards may set input constraints, process constraints or output constraints, and may influence innovation via different routes: the motivational route, the cognitive route and the social route. Standards can be both internal standards, defined by the company itself, and external standards. These may apply both to products and to services. Current literature tends to focus on output constraints only: by providing requirements for products or services, standards steer the creativity in the preferred direction and may trigger the development of solutions that meet the requirements. But standards may provide input and process constraints as well. In the product case this can be understood using the concepts of component commonality, platforms, modularity and postponement. For services, standards may apply to, for instance, service delivery, service results, precautions, and ethical codes for employees. But also for services modularity may apply: services can be assembled in service packages.

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“…de Vries (2015) provides an overview of how standards affect different parts of everyday life, resulting in a wide range of academic disciplines studying standardization. 2 This standard was originally adopted in 1981, revised in 2003, and amended in 2016.Sebastian Klotz -978-90-04-69184-1 Downloaded from Brill.com 05/31/2024 07:37:23PM via Open Access.…”

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International Standardization and Trade Regulation

Klotz

2024

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2019 (discussants Eric Arias and Peter Rosendorff), and the Swiss Political Science Association annual conferences in 2019 and 2020 (discussant Lukas Linsi and Oliver Westerwinter). I would also like to thank Michael Beer, Awilo Ochieng Pernet, and Martin Müller for facilitating my participation in the 42nd Codex Alimentarius Commission in Geneva, Switzerland in 2019.The WTI not only supported my doctoral studies in Switzerland but also actively facilitated my research visits abroad. Here, I would like to extend my gratitude to Tim Büthe, whose contributions to the literature not only ignited my interests in international standards but who also kindly hosted my research visit at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany in 2018. Tim not only provided valuable feedback, he also provided me with the opportunity to present my research in his (post-) doctoral colloquium, and to meet my co-author Cindy Chen. In a more informal, but by no means less significant, note I would like to thank Toni Ser, who has not only been my best friend for

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Standardisation

Cited by 7 publications

References 33 publications

The standardisation of transitional justice

The standardisation of transitional justice

Linking constraints in idea generation theory with standardisation in product and service innovation

International Standardization and Trade Regulation

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