UID:
almafu_9960118470502883
Format:
1 online resource (iv, 296 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-5292-0089-X
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1-5292-0090-3
Series Statement:
Policy Press scholarship online
Content:
Setting a new benchmark for studies of technocracy, this book shows that a solution to the challenge of populism will depend as much on a technocratic retreat as democratic innovation. Esmark examines the development since the 1980s of a new 'post-industrial' technocratic regime and its complicity in the populist backlash against politics and political elites that is visible today. The new technocracy - a combination of network governance, risk management and performance management - has, the author argues, abandoned the overtly anti-democratic sentiments of its industrial predecessor and proclaimed a new partnership with democracy. The rise of populism, however, is a clear sign that the inherent problems of this partnership have been exposed and that technocracy posing as democracy will only serve to exacerbate existing problems.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Mar 2021).
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Front Matter --
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Contents --
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List of Figures --
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Rediscovering Technocracy --
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Technocratic Revolutions: From Industrial to Post-industrial Technocracy --
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Who Are the Technocrats? From the Technostructure to Technocratic Government --
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The Technocratic Regime: Technocracy, Bureaucracy and Democracy --
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Technocratic Organization: The Power of Networks --
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Technocratic Regulation: Coping With Risk and Uncertainty --
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Technocratic Calculation: Economy, Evidence and Experiments --
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New Populism vs New Technocracy --
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Reining Technocracy Back In? --
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Conclusion: Technocracy at the End of the World --
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References --
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Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5292-0088-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5292-0087-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.56687/9781529200904
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781529200904/type/BOOK
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