The Accountability of Expertise: Making the Un-Elected Safe for Democracy

ISBN-13: 9781032007601 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 202 str.

Erik O. Eriksen

Opis

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 governments’ need for knowledge with the demand for democratic legitimacy.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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