The Role of Experts' in International and European Decision-... - 9781107074781

The Role of Experts' in International and European Decision-Making ProcessesAdvisors, Decision Makers or Irrelevant Actors?\nAuthor(s): Monika Ambrus, Karin Arts, Ellen Hey, Helena Raulus\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107074781, 978-1107074781\nSynopsis\nExperts 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 ex.