The Rise of the Unelected

The Rise of the Unelected

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9780521872393 - The Rise of the Unelected - Democracy and the New Separation of Powers - by Frank Vibert
Index

Index

accountability, 4, 15, 17, 68, 70, 75–6, 77, 119, 143, 145, 165, 168–76

answerability, 5, 15, 74, 75, 77, 115, 116, 169–71

audit, 5, 10, 20, 22, 26, 28, 31, 32, 35, 70, 79, 81, 82, 104, 136, 155n.18, 178

blame, 1, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 94, 98–100, 113, 119–20, 143

Bodin, Jean, 87, 92

central banks, 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 22, 30, 31, 32, 43, 44, 57, 59, 63, 72, 79, 81, 122, 124, 135, 165, 173, 178

checks and balances, 3, 4, 13, 15, 61, 62, 79, 87–8, 92, 139, 169–74, 175, 178

civil society, 56, 94, 145, 153, 163, 172, 180

cognitive theory, 94, 96–8

competence, 47, 58, 167

confirmation bias, 67n.23, 125

conflicts of interest, 1, 11, 17, 86–92, 103, 104, 167

constitution, 12, 17, 61, 63, 68, 69, 77–81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 108, 111, 114, 116, 118, 120, 161, 167, 169, 173, 174, 175, 177, 181

constitutional economics, 78–80, 84, 108

contract, 70–5, 84, 88, 95, 175

credible commitment, 130–2, 133, 146

democracy

   and arena, 10, 11, 14, 17, 67, 83, 95, 96, 101, 107–12, 113, 142, 168

   and deliberation, 11, 16, 55, 64–7, 68, 69, 83, 167

   and overhead, 12, 17, 69, 70–7, 78, 80, 84, 85, 114, 173

   and participation, 11, 16, 55–60, 66, 68, 69, 70, 77, 83, 84, 167

   and problem-solving, 2, 14, 17, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 101, 102–7, 113, 142

   and rule of law, 9, 11, 16, 55, 60–4, 68, 69, 77, 78, 80, 83, 107, 114, 118, 159, 160, 167, 170, 175, 181.

   parliamentary, 129, 139, 141, 143, 179

   representative, 3, 13, 14, 15, 16, 56, 88, 89, 92–3, 94–100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 108, 110, 112, 113, 140, 168, 177

electorates, 6, 13, 15, 17, 56, 58, 59, 70, 71, 75, 85, 86, 98, 100, 104, 106, 108, 112, 115, 139, 142, 143, 161, 163, 167, 168, 169, 170, 176

elites, 2, 3, 82, 131, 155, 166

epistemic communities, 32, 146

expertise, 3, 8, 10, 36, 40–1, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 58, 82, 84, 85, 91, 93, 94, 95, 97, 112, 113, 141, 142, 148–53, 169, 173, 174, 177, 179

European

   Commission, 6, 9, 51, 53, 109, 128, 131, 132–5, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 179–80

   Council, 51, 53, 134, 135, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 144

   Court of Justice, 132, 134, 135

   Parliament, 109, 133, 134, 135, 140, 141, 142

evidence and policy-making, 2, 3, 4, 12, 16, 22, 24, 39–40, 42–54, 76, 81, 82, 88, 90, 91, 101, 102, 107, 108, 122–8, 138, 142, 143, 148–53, 155, 166, 169, 172–3, 174, 177, 179, 180

expressive politics, 84, 108, 167

fiduciary relationship, 132

formalism, 12, 80, 81, 82, 84, 125, 145, 151

fusion of powers, 87, 139, 141

gaming, 125

general will, 109

globalisation, 34

Hamilton, Alexander, 170n.5, 181

Impact Assessment, 124, 138, 142, 179

information asymmetry, 88–90

inquiry

   methodological, 41, 122–3

   political, 74, 112–13, 177, 178

Inter-Institutional Agreement, 135, 138

judicial minimalism, 120

judicial review, 20, 62, 63, 64, 76, 77, 91, 118, 120, 170, 172, 173, 175

Kelsen, Hans, 118

knowledge, 1, 2–4, 13–14, 16, 21–2, 30–31, 32, 38, 39–41, 42–5, 47, 48–52, 53–4, 55, 59, 60, 65, 67, 71, 88, 90–3, 98, 101, 104, 107, 112–13, 116, 121–3, 126, 127, 128, 137, 137, 138, 141–2, 145–156, 164, 165–6, 168, 173, 175, 177, 179–80

legitimacy

   electoral, 58, 65, 140

   of judiciary, 15, 62, 115–21

   of unelected bodies, 4, 15, 16, 17, 48, 58, 63, 64, 68, 70, 76, 77, 80, 113, 114–28, 153, 155–6, 157, 162, 163, 164, 168, 169, 171, 175, 176, 178–9, 180

   output, 160

lesson learning, 22, 32, 39, 43, 79–80, 146, 180

Locke, John, 87

macro-decisions, 107, 142, 177

Madison, James, 170n.4, 5

Montesquieu, 87

Napoleonic code, 119

networks, 5, 16, 32, 57, 137, 138, 151, 152, 158, 168

NGOs, 53, 56, 57, 153, 163, 172, 180

parliaments, 4, 7, 19, 26, 30, 43, 46, 70, 71, 74, 76, 78, 79, 85, 112, 113, 166

path dependency, 130, 133–4, 143, 180

peer review, 124–6, 153, 172, 179

pluralism, 65, 108

pragmatism, 12, 17, 69, 81–5, 113, 167, 175

principal–agent, 69, 70–6, 85, 130, 132, 151, 175

public goods, 105

public management

   new, 35–8

punctuated equilibrium, 106

revealed preferences, 111

reproducibility, 123

rights

   fundamental, 79, 103, 107, 118, 119, 174

   natural, 61, 159n.25

   see also Universal Declaration of Human Rights

risk

   aversiveness, 124

   management, 5, 7, 16, 20, 22–5, 26, 46, 49, 51, 52, 59, 97, 167.

Rousseau, J.-J., 109–11, 112, 161

Sarbanes–Oxley Act, 90

separation of powers, 2–4, 12–15, 17, 21, 34, 38–41, 42–54, 55, 63, 67, 68, 69, 76, 79, 85, 86–99, 101, 107, 112–13, 114, 115, 128, 129–43, 165–8, 169–71, 176–9, 180–2

service

   economy, 34–5, 38, 42, 54

   providers, 16, 20, 21–3, 36–7, 46, 136, 147, 167, 177

sincerity, 67

social capital, 57, 94

Supreme Court, 87, 115–17, 120

translation, 50

Treaty Establishing a Constitution, 108, 129, 130

Treaty on European Union, 72, 80

trust, 1, 2, 3, 13, 42, 45, 46, 54, 66, 67, 82, 93, 94–6, 98, 114, 131, 132, 141, 166, 168, 169, 171, 180

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 157, 163, 165, 181

value judgements, 2–3, 10, 14, 16, 17, 34, 38, 39–41, 42, 47, 48–53, 54, 65–6, 76, 101–2, 107–13, 119, 120, 122, 127, 142, 149, 165–6, 168, 176, 177, 179, 180, 181

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