The concept of hyper-active Governance shows how politicians govern complex networks, in light of the politicisation of expertise.

Part I. Introducing Hyper-active Governance: 1. The 'cult of the expert'; 2. Managing the 'expert-politics nexus': a conceptual map; Part II. Hyper-active Governance in Practice: 3. Defence: health technology assessment; 4. Empowerment: emergency management and flooding governance; 5. Inclusion: water resource governance; 6. Defend, empower and include: hyper-active governance in monetary policy and electoral administration; Part III. Theorising Hyper-active Governance: 7. Frenetically standing still: hyper-active governance and social acceleration; 8. Experts, politics and co-production: the need to rethink political authority; Appendices; Endnotes; References; Index.