UID:
almahu_9948687184402882
Format:
1 online resource (iv, 296 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781529200904 (ebook)
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).
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781529200874
Language:
English
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781529200904/type/BOOK
