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  • Beyond expertise: the public construction of legitimacy for EU agencies 
    Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr; Michailidou, Asimina (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    How is the power of independent agencies legitimized? This is a central question in modern democratic societies. Earlier research has privileged technical expertise as the predominant source of legitimacy for such agencies. ...
  • Inductive Risk and the Legitimacy of Non-Majoritarian Institutions 
    Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    Abstract In political discourse, it is common to claim that non-majoritarian institutions are legitimate because they are technical and value-free. Even though most analysts disagree, many arguments for non-majoritarian ...
  • More power, more control: The legitimizing role of expertise in Frontex after the refugee crisis 
    Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    This article explores how the appeal to depoliticized expertise worked to legitimize increased supervisory and executive power to the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex, after the 2015 refugee crisis. Frontex ...
  • Symmetry in the delegation of power as a legitimacy criterion 
    Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr; Sandven, Hallvard Hodne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    The EU's power is expanding, calling for reassessments of its normative legitimacy. This article proposes a novel criterion for assessing the EU's legitimacy: symmetry in the delegation of power. We illustrate the usefulness ...