International Organization as Technocratic Utopia

This volume examines the development of the idea of 'technocratic internationalism': the promotion of the involvement of experts in the workings of international relations, especially in international organizations such as the United Nations and European Union.

Jens Steffek is Professor of Transnational Governance at the Technical University of Darmstadt. His research interests include international organizations, international history and international political theory. He is the author of Embedded Liberalism and Its Critics: Justifying Global Governance in the American Century (Palgrave, 2006) and has published articles in numerous scholarly journals.

Introduction
1: Technocratic Internationalism
2: Prophets of International Technocracy
3: Experts Without Borders
4: Transnational Planning
5: A Global New Deal
6: Working the Machinery
7: Disenchantment and Renewal
Conclusion