The article deals with the ambiguous relation between fear and expertise, and examines how it affects institutions … relying on expertise in order to be perceived as rational actors. Fear, therefore, can be considered as a central element in … determining the legitimacy of institutions in modern societies. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 …

In recent years, liberal democratic societies have struggled with the question of how best to balance expertise and … committees handle the practical tension between scientific expertise, ethical expertise, expert patient input, and lay public … input by explaining two institutions' processes for determining the legitimacy or illegitimacy of reasons in public policy …

consumers relative to use. In an era where efficiency was so prized and the role of technocratic expertise was increasing …

This paper examines the relations between three board characteristics (independence, diligence, and expertise) and Big … characteristics examined. We find significant positive relations between audit fees and board independence, diligence, and expertise …

collusion. I study the optimal design of contracts focusing on how to sequence communication of expertise. I show that from a …

financé experts: to what extent does the French legal and judicial framework of forensic expertise contribute to regulate …

, this study finds that Mexican activists acting “in defense of maize” engage science in multiple ways, using and producing … research in science and technology studies, this article assesses the impacts and pitfalls of three tactics used by maize … barrier to democratizing agricultural governance. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 …

performances for instance through risk-sharing-based and expertise-based cooperation. This paper shows that syndication motives …

attention to the crucial work of the individual policy designer or considering how the latter’s skills, expertise and creativity … exploring how individual policy actors draw on knowledge, expertise, intuition and creativity in framing and responding to … instrument and directions for future research. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 …