Experts are increasingly relied on in decision-making processes at international and European levels. Their involvement in those processes, however, is contested. This timely book on the role of 'experts' provides a broad-gauged analysis of the issues raised by their involvement in decision-making processes. The chapters explore three main recurring themes: the rationales for involving experts and ensuing legitimacy problems; the individual and collective dimensions of expert involvement in decision making; and experts and politics and the politics of expertise. With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners, they theorize the experts' involvement in general and address their role in the policy areas of environment, trade, human rights, migration, financial regulation, and agencification in the European Union.

A broad-gauged analysis of the issues raised by experts' involvement in international and European decision-making processes.

About the Author
Monika Ambrus is a Lecturer in Public International Law at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Karin Arts is Professor of International Law and Development at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Ellen Hey is Professor of Public International Law at the Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Helena Raulus is Assistant Professor at the Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.


Book Information
ISBN 9781107074781
Author Monika Ambrus
Format Hardback
Page Count 426
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 720g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 158mm * 27mm