The role of experts and expert knowledge in policymaking has attracted growing public and
academic attention. Scholarship on the topic has, however, remained deeply fragmented. It …

This book offers a concise and accessible introduction to debates about expertise, policy-
making and democracy. It uniquely combines an overview of recent research on the policy …

Recent decades have seen an expansion and proliferation of administrative bodies at the
international level. An emerging literature on 'international public administrations' attempts to …

Academic interest in the administrative aspects of international organizations is on the rise.
Yet, an issue that has received little attention is bureaucratic representation—the extent to …

Political decision-making involves the presentation of policy options from opposing points of
view and in different lights. We test whether economic policy decisions are subject to …

In this chapter, we link organizational capacity with learning. Specifically, we use a learning
typology to organize the different resources and actors involved in learning processes in the …

The article addresses an issue that has received little attention in the literature on
representative bureaucracy, namely the relationship between representativeness and …

" George Dikaios has addressed in his research a missing link for a better understanding of
how climate diplomacy is delivered in the EU. The trinity analytical framework that he is …

Representativeness is one of the keys to the legitimacy of participatory governance.
However, such representativeness might be in the eye of the beholder due to various …

Many companies recruit employees from different parts of the globe, and faking behavior by
potential employees is a ubiquitous phenomenon. It seems that applicants from some …