The rise of the unelected : democracy and the new separation of powers / Frank Vibert.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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Independent regulatory commissions.

International agencies.

Democracy.

Separation of powers.

1. The world of the unelected --2. The driving forces --3. The advantages of the new separation of powers --4. The challenge to conventional democratic theory --5. Adapting traditional approaches --6. The new separation of powers and the advent of the informed citizen --7. Informed citizens and the changing role of traditional institutions --8. The legitimacy of the new branch --9. The new separation of powers and the European Union --10. International institutions: blurring the boundaries --11. Conclusions: the accountability of the new branch.

This book examines the challenge that unelected bodies such as economic regulators present to democracy, and argues that they should be seen as a new branch of government and held to account through a new separation of powers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780521694148

x, 199 p. ; 23 cm