The Accountability of Expertise

Making the Un-Elected Safe for Democracy
Herausgeber: Eriksen, Erik O.

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on in-depth studies of the relationship between expertise and democracy in Europe, this book presents a new approach to how the un-elected can be made safe for democracy. It addresses the challenge of reconciling modern governmentsâ need for knowledge with the demand for democratic legitimacy.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies on Democratising Europe
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9781032007625
• ISBN-10: 1032007621
• Artikelnr.: 67515454

Autorenporträt

Erik O. Eriksen is Professor of Political Science and former director of ARENA, Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Making the un-elected safe for democracy 2. Strategies for
Repairing legitimacy deficits 3. Reasoned Administration: The European
Union, the United States, and the project of democratic governance 4.
Power, Money, Knowledge and the European Central Bank 5. Reputational
Threats and Democratic Responsiveness of Regulatory Agencies 6.
Accountability and Inter-institutional Respect: The case of independent
regulatory agencies 7. Accountability beyond Control: How can parliamentary
hearings connect the elected and the unelected? 8. Expertise and the
General will in Democratic Republicanism 9. Values in Expert Reasoning: A
pragmatic approach 10. Experts: From technocrats to representatives