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This PhD thesis examines the status of ‘expert knowledge’ in the history of U.S. asymmetric, or ‘counterinsurgency’ (COIN), warfare during the last century. The historical rise of expert influence has so far been neglected in the study of wars within the field of International R…

The dissertation utilizes an ethnographic investigation to understand how globally standardized economic ideas, policies and institutions are put into practice in developing countries. How are institutions, laws, policies and standards being transferred from the West to developi…

This thesis explores the conditions in which experts gain political and policy making authority and become technocrats. After reviewing available explanations of high expert authority, it focuses on two expert teams that gained considerable political influence during free market…

Authority is a social relation between two parties. In sociology, authority is the legitimate power that one person or a group holds and exercises over another(Giddens, 1997). Sociologist Max Weber significantly divided authority into three types: traditional type, charismatic t…

This dissertation contributes to the newly reinvigorated philosophical debates about political corruption. Scholars are often too optimistic when they talk about fighting corruption; the moral imperative of sanctioning corrupt officials seems to make all attempts to eradicate co…