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Abstract Standardization is closely related to expertise and is usually justified on the grounds that there are some people who know best. This chapter discusses the character of such expertise and its implications for democracy. It addresses the risk that expert groups may emerge claiming that they ‘know what is best’ but remaining responsible to no one. It examines what kind of expert knowledge is said to be embodied in standards, emphasizes that standards are expert knowledge stored in the form of rules, and considers the relationship between standardization and the role of experts in modern societies. Not all experts are standardizers; some are not involved in standardization at all. It is debatable whether all standardizers should be considered experts. Some of those who are called standardizers have often been criticized precisely for their lack of expert knowledge.
Bengt Jacobsson (Thu,) studied this question.
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