introduction
Chapter 1: Understanding Standards and Standardization, and Trends and Prospects in Standards Research
1.
The concept of standards and standardization and the functions of standards
The concept of standards and standardization
Standard features
2.
The effects of standards and standardization
The positive effects of standards and standardization
Negative effects of standards and standardization
3.
The potential of standards as new norms and trends and prospects in standards research
The potential of standards as new norms
Trends and Prospects in Standards Research

Chapter 2 Comprehensive Normativity and Co-Regulatory Nature of Standards
1.
The significance and limitations of previous research on the normativity and regulatory nature of standards
2.
Normative and regulatory nature of standards
Comprehensive normativity different from social norms and laws
Co-regulation of public coercion and private autonomy
3.
Cases of Comprehensive Normativity and Co-Regulatory Power: The European Union and Germany
European Union European Community and European Union
West Germany and unified Germany
4.
Summary and Implications

Chapter 3: The Power of Standards and the Coordinating Function of Standardization Bodies
1.
Normativity and constitutive power of standards
The power of standards based on the concept of power and normativity
The power and constitutive power of co-regulatory norms
2.
Standards Authority and Coordination Governance
Structural power and coordinating power
Institutional power and coordinating governance
3.
Summary and Implications

Chapter 4: Coordination of Corporatistic Standardization Governance
1.
The significance and limitations of prior research on standardization conflicts
2.
Theoretical Background and New Standard Classification for Corporatistic Coordination
Corporatism Theory and Standardization Conflict Resolution
A New Standard Classification for Corporatism Applications
3.
Stakeholders and Conflict Structures of Standardization
Stakeholders in Standardization Conflicts
Standardization conflict structure by standard type
4.
A corporatist strategy for resolving standardization conflicts
Basic requirements for corporatist coordination
Standard Types of Corporate Conflict Resolution
5.
Summary and Implications


Chapter 5 European Integration and Standardization Policy
1.
Significance and Limitations of Prior Research on European Standardization Policy
2.
The process of European integration and the development of European standardization
3.
Economic Integration Effects of Standard Integration
Providing an opportunity to re-accelerate economic integration through the Old Approach strategy.
Re-accelerating economic integration through the New Approach
Promoting block globalization through the Global Approach strategy
4.
Summary and Implications

Chapter 6: German Unification and Standardization
1.
The history and nature of standards and standardization in East and West Germany
Standardization and standardization activities prior to standard separation
Standards and standardization activities in West Germany
Standards and standardization activities in East Germany
2.
Germany's standard unification process
Standard cooperation before German unification
Efforts to unify standards during the German unification process
The achievements and significance of standard unification after German reunification
3.
Summary and Implications

Chapter 7: Unification of the Korean Peninsula and Standard Integration
1.
Differences in standards and standardization between the North and South
Differences in standardization systems
Differences between individual standards and international standardization
2.
Progress in inter-Korean standards cooperation and the direction and prospects for standard integration
Achievements and Limitations of Inter-Korean Standards Cooperation
Direction and Prospects for the Integration of North-South Standards
3.
Summary and Implications

Chapter 8: The Integrated Effects of Standards and Standardization Governance

References

The result of social scientific and sociophilosophical research on standards that focuses on the possibility of new norms for standards.

Since the mid-1990s, the importance of standards has grown internationally.
Especially in international relations since globalization, standards have become new trade norms and technological barriers.
In addition, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently established the International Standard for Social Responsibility (ISO 26000), which requires standards in various fields such as management, organization, environment, labor, and human rights, and many countries around the world are accepting them, leading to the emergence of new social normative characteristics in standards.


In Korea, standards have long been studied in engineering, economics, and some areas of public administration, but research has not expanded to other social science fields.
Furthermore, although the areas of interest are diverse, ranging from industrial activities such as products, production, technology, and processes to various product and industrial activities and national standardization organizations, these studies have all remained limited to specific topics.
Now is the time for a social scientific and social philosophical discussion that focuses on the possibility of new norms.
This book, which is the result of the author's long-term research on standards, is very significant in this respect.

Identifying the potential for standard integration and coordination governance and analyzing advanced overseas cases from various perspectives.

The author attempted a comprehensive discussion encompassing the specific research related to standards to date, and further deepened the social scientific discussion by delving into the conflict resolution function of standardization organizations and defining new categories and concepts for stakeholders.
Furthermore, by emphasizing the new normativity and authority of standards, distinct from laws and social norms, it establishes a socio-philosophical foundation, clarifies the integrated effects of standards and the functions of standardization governance, and presents a policy perspective for implementing social integration and coordinated governance in a unified Korea.

In particular, the author explores the potential for standard integration and coordination governance through socio-philosophical discussions that go beyond trade and economics, and analyzes advanced cases from countries such as the European Union and Germany to suggest methods that can be empirically applied to a unified Korea.
To this end, the author attempted an in-depth analysis by focusing on the topic of standard integration effects and coordination governance.

Examining the applicability of standards through research on their normativeness, regulatory nature, authority, and coordinating nature.

The introduction explains the concept of standards, their effects, and the expansion of their functions, and presents trends in standards research and the future of standards studies.
Chapters 2 to 7 begin with a discussion of the normative and regulatory nature of standards and move on to an examination of their power and coordinative nature.
These characteristics of standards serve as a basis for considering integrated and coordinated governance.
Through these characteristics, the possibility and specific method of standard corporatistic adjustment are proposed.


While chapters 2 to 4 are social philosophical and theoretical discussions, the following chapters 5 to 7 are devoted to analyzing empirical and realistic cases in European integration, German unification, and Korean unification.
We are investigating the role that standard integration played in the process of European integration and the specific standardization policies through which the European Union accelerated integration.
And it covered how East and West Germany cooperated on standards during the German unification process, how standard unification was achieved during and after the unification process, and what contributions it made to subsequent integration.
Finally, in light of this, we are evaluating the standard cooperation activities between North and South Korea and examining the potential contribution of standard policies that may emerge in the future unification of the Korean Peninsula.