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cordially invite you to a panel discussion featuring a recent
Cambridge University Press publication
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| | The Rise of the Unelected |
| | Democracy and the New Separation of |
| (Embedded image | Powers |
| moved to file: | By Frank Vibert |
| pic07958.jpg)The | |
| Rise of the | Unelected bodies, such as independent |
| Unelected | central banks, economic regulators, risk |
| | managers and auditors have become a |
| | worldwide phenomenon. Democracies are |
| | increasingly turning to them to demarcate |
| | boundaries between the market and the |
| | state, to resolve conflicts of interest |
| | and to allocate resources, even in |
| | sensitive ethical areas such as those |
| | involving privacy or biotechnology. This |
| | book examines the challenge that |
| | unelected bodies present to democracy and |
| | argues that, taken together, such bodies |
| | should be viewed as a new branch of |
| | government with their own sources of |
| | legitimacy and held to account through a |
| | new separation of powers. Vibert suggests |
| | that such bodies help promote a more |
| | informed citizenry because they provide a |
| | more trustworthy and reliable source of |
| | information for decisions. This book will |
| | be of interest to specialists and general |
| | readers with an interest in modern |
| | democracy as well as policy makers, think |
| | tanks and journalists. |
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank J Building - J1-050
(701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.)
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Moderated by
Anthony Toft
Chief Counsel, LEGEA
Anthony Toft is Chief Counsel for the East Asia and Pacific Region
of the Bank. Prior to that he spent 6 years in the Bank's Jakarta
Office and 2 years in the Front Office of the then newly established
country department for the former Soviet Union. His non-Bank
experience includes 4 years with a law firm in New York and 3 years
with a law firm in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Discussed by Author
Frank Vibert
Co-founder and Director of the European Policy Forum
Frank Vibert is co-founder and Director of the European Policy
Forum. Educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He has served as a Senior
Advisor at the World Bank and Senior Fellow at the World Institute
for Development Economic Research. Previous books include Europe
Simple, Europe Strong - The Future of European Governance, published
by Polity Press (2001) and Europe: A Constitution for the Millenium.
(Dartmouth 1995 - The subject of a special issue of ?Constitutional
Political Economy? Vol 7 , No 4, 1996) He writes extensively on
regulation and constitutional questions.
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