Highlighting how the challenges raised by globalization
- from environmental management to financial sector meltdowns
- have encouraged the emergence of experts & networks as powerful actors in international governance the contributions in this collection assess the methods & effectiveness of these new actors Unlike other books that have focused on networks or experts this volume brings these players together showing how they interact & share the challenges of establishing legitimacy & justifying their power & influence The collection shows how experts & networks function in different ways to address diverse problems across multiple borders The reader is provided with a broader & deeper practical understanding of how informal authority actually operates & of the nature of the relationship between different actors involved in policymaking Through a range of case studies the contributions in this collection explain how globalization is reshaping traditional forms of power & authority