International organization as technocratic utopia / Jens Steffek.

As climate change and a pandemic pose enormous challenges to humankind, the concept of expert governance gains new traction. This book revisits the idea that scientists, bureaucrats, and lawyers, rather than politicians or diplomats, should manage international relations. It shows that this technocr...

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Main Author: Steffek, Jens (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Transformations in governance.
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