Erin Hannah is Associate Professor of Political Science at King's University College at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She is an international political economist specializing in global governance, trade, sustainable development, poverty and inequality, global civil society, and European Union trade politics. She has published articles in Journal of International Economic Law, Journal of Civil Society, Journal of World Trade, Politics, and Third World Quarterly. She is co-editor (with James Scott and Silke Trommer) of the book Expert Knowledge in Global Trade (Abingdon, Routledge, 2015).

The book builds upon the insights of constructivism to advance an alternative account of the role of NGOs in the EU's trade policymaking process, suggesting that NGOs have succeeded only when their attempts to achieve more democratic, sustainable and equitable trade policies have conformed broadly to the dominant episteme.

Introduction. 1. Contesting cosmopolitan Europe 2. The evolution of EU trade politics-agency, competency, and decision-making processes 3. Prescription for influence? NGOs and the EU's TRIPS and access to medicines negotiations 4. Too thirsty to keep fighting? NGOs and the EU's quest for water services liberalization 5. Where to from here?