Naslov
Discourse of Standardization in the Interaction of Central Bureau of Statistics and Eurostat

Autori
Jerak, Nevena ; Poljičak, Martina

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Izvornik
International Scientific Conference Towards a European Society? Boundaries, Borders, Barriers / Božić, Saša ; Primorac, Jaka - Zagreb : Hrvatsko sociološko društvo, 2014, 39-39

ISBN
978-953-6552-95-5

Skup
Towards a European Society? Boundaries, Borders, Barriers

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 13.06.2014. - 15.06.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
networks ; discourse of power ; standardization ; official statistics ; CBS ; Eurostat ; ESS

Sažetak
The dominant functions and processes in the information age are increasingly organized around networks. Also, Castells in his book The Rise of the Network Society (1996) argues that networks constitute the new social morphology of our societies and the diffusion of networking logic substantially modifies the operation and outcomes in the process of production, experience, power and culture. This paper reflects on the concepts of networks, networking and power in the context of the European Statistical System (ESS). ESS functions as a network in which Eurostat, the coordinator of European official statistics, entrusts harmonization and standardization of production and exchange of statistical data with EU standards to National Statistical Institutes. Eurostat recommends practices for harmonization in the field of production and exchange of statistical data, legislatively based on the agreed cooperation of member states with the European Union and standardization is not questioned. In this paper, the authors take Manuel Castells’ assumption, that the ‘presence or absence in the network and the dynamics of each network vis-à-vis others are critical sources of domination and change in our society’ (1996, 469), as an initial assumption. The authors analyze the context of interaction of Croatian Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) and Eurostat, discourses of power in this interaction and indicate the present framework of network influence in which Eurostat uses established position for the legitimate pressure on the standardization of business and information processes in the CBS.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti, Sociologija

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