Modernism, Postmodernism and Global standards setting

This paper discusses the key features of modernism and postmodernism, and critiques global standards setting from a postmodern theoretical perspective. The main areas of critique consist of the possibility of the creation of yet another totalizing discourse or grand narrative; debates around the particular and the universal; issues around representation; and power, knowledge and discursive formations.

Williams, L, & Sewpaul, V 2004, Modernism, postmodernism and global standards setting, Social Work Education, 23, 5, pp. 555-565, SocINDEX with Full Text, EBSCOhost, viewed 4 April 2011.